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Towards a legal framework for a diffusion policy for data held by the public sector / Cécile de Terwangne, Herbert Burkert, and Yves Poullet (eds.) ; [contributors] Florence Berrisch, J. Michael.
1995
D 8 TER.T
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Towards a legal framework for a diffusion policy for data held by the public sector / Cécile de Terwangne, Herbert Burkert, and Yves Poullet (eds.) ; [contributors] Florence Berrisch, J. Michael.
Author
Terwangne, Cecile De, editor.
Burkert, Herbert, editor.
Poullet, Yves, editor.
Berrisch, Florence.
Michael, J.
De terwangne, Cécile, editor.
Burkert, Herbert, editor.
Poullet, Yves, editor.
Berrisch, Florence.
Michael, J.
De terwangne, Cécile, editor.
Description
xi, 127 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN
9065448349
9789065448347
9789065448347
Alternate Call Number
D 8 TER.T
Note
Price : NLG 95.00; Invoice No 151069 Date 17/07/97 Supplier : Nedbook International, Amsterdam; Recd 22/07/97 Table of Contents : A study of comparative law and European law : 1. From information gathered by the public sector to its commercialization : the Community guidelines and the PUBLAW research; 2. The PUBLAW research : five themes : A. Persuasive factors : laws of access to government records; B. Dissuasive factors : the official secrets act : the data protection legislation; C. Factors which give structure to the diffusion of public sector information : a public authority's copyright and the rules of fair trade; 3. The PUBLAW research : five areas : A. Statistical information; B. Car registers; C. Company registers; D. Credit risks information; E. Population registers; Access to information and data protection considerations : 1. Definitions : A. Access to information; B. Data protection; 2. Relevance : A. Relevance of access; B. Relevance of data protection; C. Relevance of special sector legislation; 3. The issues and the situation in the EC : A. Access; B. Data protection; C. Relationship between access and data protection and the impact on commercialization; 4. Proposals : A. Reasoning; B. Follow-up activities; C. Intermediate measures; Commercial secrecy : 1. Presentation : A. Definition; B. Relevance; C. Issues; D. Situation in the EC; E. Information market perspectives; F. Proposals; 2. Analysis : A. Public sector information law; B. Private sector secrecy law; Effect of fair trading laws on the commercialization of data held by the public sector : 1. To what degree may the public sector intervene on the open market as a commercial operator? 2. Public information services : A. Definition and organization of public information services; B. A narrow determination of markets; C. Conditions of offer in public information services; D. Tendering of a public information service by a third party; 3. Supplementary information services : A. The position of the public sector on the supplementary service market; B. Tendering conditions for supplementary information services; Effect of copyright on commercialization : 1. General considerations on information or works covered by copyright : A. General principles of copyright; B. Application to data bases; 2. Application to information held by the public sector : A. Field of application of the state's copyright; B. Consequences for commercial exploitation of data; 3. Synthesis; The legitimacy of commercialization of public sector information as a research topic : 1. Looking back : A. Changes in economic philosophy; B. Changes in administrative perspectives; C. Consequences; D. Attractiveness of the approach; 2. The legitimacy of commercialization of public sector information : Double taxation; Slippery slope; Democratic control; Independent "information policies" of the legislature; Increasing regulatory density; Re-mapping the landscape; 3. Looking ahead : Example : Quebec; 4. Final remark;.
Series
Series
Computer/Law series ; 14.
Published
Deventer, the Netherlands : Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1995.
Language
English
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