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42 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com. 485 (2014-2015)
Data Protection Laws: Quilts versus Blankets

handle is hein.journals/sjilc42 and id is 493 raw text is: DATA PROTECTION LAWS: QUILTS VERSUS
BLANKETS
Samantha Dioriot
CONTENTS
IN TR O D U CTIO  N   ............................................................................... 486
I. THE CONCEPT OF PRIVACY IN GENERAL & INTERNET
CO  M PLICA  TIO  N S  ..................................................................... 489
II. BACKGROUND OF U.S. LAW            ................................................... 491
A. Patchwork System    of Laws  ................................................... 491
1. Historical Background in American Law ....................... 491
2. FTC Regulation of Online Privacy ................................. 493
3. Sporadic  State Regulation .............................................. 495
III. DIVERGENT NOTIONS OF PRIVACY .................................... 497
A. Europeans and Personal Dignity .......................................... 498
B. Am ericans  and  Liberty  .......................................................... 499
C. Liberty  and  Dignity  Diverge ................................................. 500
IV. PRIVACY LAW'S EVOLUTION IN THE E.U .......................... 501
A. Basic Principles of the E. U. Data-Protection Regime .......... 501
B. Germany: The E. U 's Strictest Data Collection Laws .......... 502
C. United Kingdom: Least Stringent Data Collection Laws
in  the  E . U   ...........................................................................  503
V. COMPARING DATA COLLECTION PRIVACY LAWS IN
THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION .............. 504
A. Princess Caroline of Monaco ............................................... 505
B. Sipple v. San Francisco Chronicle, Inc ................................ 507
VI. WHETHER OR NOT THE E.U. SYSTEM WOULD WORK
IN   T H E  U .S  ............................................................................... 508
A. Where Should the Law Go in the Future? ............................ 508
B. South Africa Implementing European-like Laws .................. 509
C O N C LU SIO N   .................................................................................... 5 11
t   Samantha Diorio is a May 2015 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law.

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