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c5c6fea75a A partial listing might include: health records; credit history; banking transactions; local and long-distance telephone calls; pay-per-view, VCR rental, cable, and other video records; records of an Internet service provider; and purchases made through direct mail or telephone ordering. One question asked whether companies that collect information from children should be legally liable if they violate their stated policies as to how that information will be used. In order to help cartel members police each other, cartels work best with standardized products at clearly-stated prices. These externalities are experienced as excessive indirect and direct costs involved in "coping" with information. For example, the same level of vocabulary that a company uses to describe a game or other activity on its Web site must be used when disclosing information practices. The administration [i.e., the restriction] of TDF [transborder data flows] appears to be an effective government instrument for the creation of an environment that makes the emergence of an internationally viable national dat-service industry possible. In Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (1994). If market discipline is strong enough, then companies will find it unprofitable to use personal information in ways that customers find objectionable. Coping costs include tangible costs like excessively large mail handling facilities (public and private), and loss of attention, as well as intangible costs like loss of serenity, privacy, and solitude.
exports of services to the EU were worth over $219 billion and imports were approximately $169 billion; leading to total transatlantic trade in 2014 of $1.09 trillion. Given that privacy is important to so many people, and given that information technology keeps raising new questions, what approach should be adopted to deal with privacy problems? In the past, if remedies were considered, the primary strategy was to resort to regulation. THE CASE FOR WHY SELF-REGULATION MAY IMPROVE ON MARKET OR GOVERNMENT APPROACHES Now that we have defined self-regulation, we are in a position to explore why it might be better than pure market or government approaches to the protection of personal information. privacy legislation remains considerably less strict than European law in the regulation of private databases, and coverage of U.S. This report was an early warning to parents, child advocates, health professionals, and policy makers unaware of the new practices for targeting children online. But if for some reason the value to the telemarketer should rise, say to $6, the consumer could not pay her enough not to call; and conversely, if the telemarketer would have no initial right to make unsolicited calls, she would pay for the consumer's cooperation by a payment of $4 or more, so that the call is accepted. The Cable Communications Privacy Act of 1984 and the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 reflect a similar coalescing of interests.5 Enacted within a couple of years of each other, both laws resulted from the affected industry's realization that a lack of assurance that viewing preferences were protected from prying eyes, would have a chilling effect on consumers' viewing and renting habits. Brands may follow a similar pattern: the more people who use Microsoft Windows the more valuable the operating system (and Microsoft) become. Designated parties, such as a government agency or the citizen who has been wronged, are allowed to sue to enforce those rules. If self-regulation is indeed more flexible, it may be more flexible for industry than for others.
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