Explain and Evaluate (provide critical thinking) the principle of Personal Data Protection regulation

Principles of Personal Data Protection

Introduction

Globalization together with advancements in information technology have challenged governments of industrial countries in the Western world to confront three competing interests with respect to personal data Those interests are national security , protection of the individual 's personal data and the advancement of commercial competition Increasingly a body of data privacy laws has developed which attempts to reconcile these competing interests . In today 's increasingly global community , brought together and facilitated by advances in modern technology , personal data protection is a common concern p

In the current climate of information society , individuals impart personal information for many purposes from creating digital identification to performing specific online tasks . Moreover , internet navigation can be automatically traced and harvested by websites visited by virtue of Cookies or other software technologies . The motivation for gathering and harvesting personal data is often beneficial to businesses for related business purposes . The difficulty arises with how that information is regulated and controlled by the data protection regimes in specific jurisdictions . This critically evaluates the approach taken by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD , the European Union (EU , Canada and the United States (US ) with respect to the dynamics of personal data protection in the current climate of globalization and advanced information technology

Issues Arising Out of Personal Data Disputes

More often that not information is collected for legitimate purposes For instance a website of service may be able to customize service or website by reference to personal data collected...