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David
Banisar
Electronic
Privacy Information
Center
Washington, DC, USA
Privacy
International
London, UK
This survey, by
EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state
of privacy in over fifty countries around the
world. The survey examines a wide range of privacy
issues including, data protection, telephone
tapping, genetic databases, ID systems and freedom
of information laws. The report finds that there is
a worldwide regocnition of privacy as a fundamental
human right. Many countries around the world are
enacting comprehenisve data protection law to
safeguard individual privacy increase. However at
the same time, privacy is increasingly being
undermined by technical advances and the demands of
intelligence and law enforcement agencies for
increase surveillance powers. There is a strong
need for improved oversight and stricter
enforcement of current laws to ensure that legal
protections are not ignored as threats to personal
privacy increase.
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