Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy [Hardcover]

Abraham Newman (Author)

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Hardcover: 221 pages
Publisher: Cornell University Press; illustrated edition edition (Aug 7 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801445493
ISBN-13: 978-0801445491
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 454 g

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb investigation of regulatory power in the global economy, Dec 29 2008

Christopher Parsons (Victoria, BC, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy (Hardcover)

Newman's text is exemplary in its careful exposition of Europe's data protection regulations. Using a historical narrative approach, he demonstrates that Europe's current preeminence in data protection is largely a consequence of the creation of regulatory authorities in member nations that were endowed with binding coercive powers. As a result of using the historical narrative method, he can firmly argue that neither liberal intergovermentalist nor neo-functionalist theories can adequately account for the spread of data protection regulations in the EU. Disavowing the argument that market size alone is responsible for the spread of data protection between member nations, or in explaining Europe's ability to influence foreign data protection regulations, Newman argues that the considerable development of regulatory capacity in European member states, and the EU itself, is key to Europe's present leading role in the field of data protection.

Drawing on recent telecommunication retention directives, as well as agreements between the EU and US surrounding the sharing of airline passenger information, Newman reveals the extent to which data protection advocates can influence transnational agreements; influence, in the EU, turns out to be largely dependent on situating data privacy issues within the First Pillar. For Newman, Europe's intentional development of regulatory expertise at the member state, and subsequently EU level, as demonstrated in the field of data privacy and tentatively substantiated by his brief reflection on the EU's financial regulatory capacity, may lead the EU to play a more significant role in shaping international action than would be expected, given its smaller market size as compared to the US, China, and India.

Overall, I would highly recommend this book. If you are interested in the role of regulatory capacity in the ongoing issues of personal data (especially as it pertains to the EU), or if you just want to read an inviting, concise, and well-developed historical account of the development of EU data protection regulations, then this book is a great way to spend an evening or three.

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