Key developments
- 🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom, the Data Protection Act 1984 is passed. Interesting debates take place before (e. g. on 30 January 1984).
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rules in Malone v the United Kingdom (2 August 1984),
Also this year
- 🇺🇸 On 4 April 1984 takes place the hearing ‘Privacy and 1984: Public opinions on privacy issues‘ before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives,
- The Beilagio Conference on ‘Current and Future Problems of Data Protection’ is held in Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy, from 9-13 April 1984, bringing together experts such as Hans Peter Bull, Herbert G. Burkert, Ulrich Dummann, David H. Flaherty, Stefano Rodotà, James B. Rule, Peter Seipel, Knut Selmer, Pauf Seighart and Robert Ellis Smith. See the report.
- The Council of Europe organises the Conference Beyond 1984: The law and information technology in tomorrow’s society (Fourteenth Colloquy on European Law) in Lisbon, 26-28 September 1984. See the proceedings published in 1985 here. Participants included S. Simitis, J. Bing, M. Georges, S. Rodotà, W. Kotschy, J. Vélu, U. Dammann, P. J. Hustinx, G. R. Pipe.
- The 6th International Conference on Data protection takes place in Vienna, Austria.
Literature
- Bing, Jon (1984), ‘The Council of Europe Convention and OECD Guidelines on Data Protection‘, Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies 5, 271-304.
- Bohloff, Klaus and Axel Baumanns (1984), ‘Harmonising German Data Protection and the Council of Europe Convention‘, International Business Lawyer 12(4), 175-182.
- Bull, H. P. (1984), Datenschutz oder die Angst vor dem Computer, Piper.
- Burke, Richard, Protection of privacy, automatical data processing and progress in statistical documentation. Extracts from opening address to Eurostat Seminar, Luxembourg, 11 December 1984.
- Cooper, David M. (1984), ‘Transborder Data Flow and the Protection of Privacy: The Harmonization of Data Protection Law‘, Fletcher Forum 8(2), 335-352.
- Frosini, Vittorio (1984), ‘Le droit de l’informatique dans les années 80‘, Rivista Internazionale Informatica e Diritto, fasc. 2, 63-72.
- Greenleaf, Graham, and Roger Clarke (1984), ‘Database retrieval technology and subject access principles‘, The Australian Computer journal, 16(1), 27-32.
- Maisl, Herbert (1984), ‘G. Page, Le droit d’accès et de contestation dans le traitement des données personnelles. Étude de base en droit privé suisse et américain‘, Revue internationale de droit comparé, Vol. 36 N°4, Octobre-décembre, 892-893.
- Mückenberger, Ulrich (1984), ‘Datenschutz als Verfassungsgebot: Das Volkszählungsurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes‘, Kritische Justiz 17(1), 1–24.
- Pinegar, Kevin R. (1984), ‘Privacy Protection Acts: Privacy Protection or Economic Protectionism‘, International Business Lawyer 12(4), 183-188.
- Podlech, Adalbert (1984), ‘Die Begrenzung staatlicher Informationsverarbeitung durch die Verfassung angesichts der Möglichkeit unbegrenzter Informationsverarbeitung mittels der Technik: Zur Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts über das Volkszählungsgesetz 1983‘, Leviathan 12(1), 85–98.
- Mückenberger, Ulrich (1984), ‘Datenschutz als Verfassungsgebot: Das Volkszählungsurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes‘, Kritische Justiz 17(1) 1-24.
- Price, David (1984), ‘The Emergence of a UK Data Protection Law‘, Yearbook of Law Computers and Technology, 131-135.
- Samiee, Saeed (1984), ‘Transnational data flow constraints: A new challenge for multinational corporations‘, Journal of International Business Studies 15, 141-150.
- Shattuck, John (1984), ‘Computer Matching is a Serious Threat to Individual Rights’, Communications of the ACM, 27(6), 538-541.
- Simitis, Spiros (1984), ‘Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen Datenschutzrecht‘, Rivista Internazionale Informatica e Diritto, fasc. 3, 97-116.
In the media
- Lofgren, Birgit, ‘Swede numbers come under fire‘, Lakeland Ledger, 13 February 1984.
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