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37 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 357 (2004-2005)
And Then There Was One: The Outlook for a Self-Regulatory United States Amidst a Global Trend toward Comprehensive Data Protection

handle is hein.journals/text37 and id is 373 raw text is: ... AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: THE OUTLOOK FOR A SELF-REGULATORY UNITED STATES AMIDST A GLOBAL TREND TOWARD COMPREHENSIVE DATA PROTECTION* I. INTRODUCTION .................................... 358 II. DATA PROTECTION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ...... 360 A. The Internet .................................. 360 B. The Data Market .............................. 362 C. E-Commerce .................................. 363 III. BEGINNINGS OF INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS 364 A. Basic Motivations for Data Privacy ............... 364 B. The Origins of the International Data Privacy M ovement .................................... 364 IV. BASIC MODELS FOR REGULATION OF DATA PROTECTION ... 366 A. Comprehensive ................................ 366 B. Sectoral ..................................... 367 C. Self-Regulation ................................ 367 D. Use of Privacy Technologies ..................... 367 V. THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ATTEMPTS AT DATA PROTECTION. 368 A. The Development of Data Protection in the EU: The EU Data-Protection Directive ................ 368 B. EU Data-Protection Enforcement: The European Data-Protection Supervisor ...................... 369 C. Criticisms of the Directive ....................... 370 VI. THE UNITED STATES' A'ITEMPTS AT DATA PROTECTION .... 372 A. Basics of U.S. Privacy Rights .................... 373 B. US. Privacy in the Digital Age ................... 373 C. U.S. Initiatives in Data Privacy ................... 374 1. U.S. Attempts at Privacy Legislation ........... 375 a. Restrictions on Government Data Practices . 375 b. Regulation of Private Sector Data Practices. 377 2. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ................ 378 D. US. Data-Protection Enforcement: The Federal Trade Commission ............................. 381 VII. THE U.S.-EU SAFE HARBOR AGREEMENT ............... 385 VIII. ALIGNMENT OF THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE ............ 388 A. Non-Union Europe ............................. 388 1. Prospective EU Member States .............. 388 * Selected as the Outstanding Book Two Student Article by the Volume 35 Board of Editors, to be published in Volume 37. The Outstanding Book Two Student Article Award, made possible by Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P., was presented to the author, Ryan Moshell.

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