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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > information ethics > European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications

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European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications  

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  • The 2002 European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (“the Privacy Directive”) and its predecessor, the 1995 Directive on the Protection of Individuals With Regard to the Processing of Personal Data (“the Personal Data Directive”), are legislative acts that work together to protect European citizens' and employees' e-commerce privacy. Since the first of the two directives became effective in 1998, they have affected U.S. companies attempting to do business with existing or potential customers and employees in the European Union (EU). [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications]

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