Development of surveillance technology and risk of abuse of economic information (an appraisal of technologies for political control): Part 2/4: the legality of the interception of electronic communications: a concise survey of the principle legal issues and instruments under international, European and national law

ELLIOT Chris

Development of surveillance technology and risk of abuse of economic information (an appraisal of technologies for political control): Part 2/4: the legality of the interception of electronic communications: a concise survey of the principle legal issues and instruments under international, European and national law - Luxembourg: European Parliament, Direcotorate General for Research, 1999 - 14p. - PE 168.184/Int.St/Part2/4 .

Short guide to legal provisions for security of communications. Notes that although such privacy for persons is considered a fundamental right (e.g. in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and in the European Convention) in reality a balance has to be achieved between the conflicting interests of privacy, law enforcement, and electronic commerce security.

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ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE
LEGISLATION
POLITICAL CONTROL
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS