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