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The European Union Data Privacy Directive
2000
In an increasingly wired world, even our mundane daily transactions leave permanent records. What brand of toothpaste do we buy? Ask the supermarket's marketing department, which maintains a database of our "discount card" purchases. What stores do we frequent? Check with the credit card company, which tracks our every purchase. Which movies do we rent? Tap into the video-rental store's computer, and retrieve the records in an instant. With the omnipresence of the computer, coupled with the
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