Volume: 4 Issue: 10
(October 2007)

Keywords:
opinion google global privacy standards ever increasing amounts data now sent around world click mouse companies internationalise data processing activities

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France US Belgium Ireland Europe EU Argentina Bulgaria USA China Australia London

Opinion: Google: the need for global privacy standards

Ever increasing amounts of data can now be sent around the world with the click of a mouse and as companies internationalise their data processing activities, consumers, businesses and regulators face new challenges in ensuring individual privacy. Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel at Google, argues that data, as the most globalised and transportable commodity in the world, should be treated in the same way as other international trade commodities, and should be subject to global standards.

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