Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
1-2004
Publication Source
Review of International Studies
Volume
30
Issue
1
Start Page
111
Last Page
131
DOI
10.1017/S0260210504005856
Abstract
The trans-Atlantic dispute over application of the European Union's Data Directive (1995) is discussed as a case study of an emerging geographic incongruity between the reach and domain of the territorially-defined Westphalian state and the deep and dense network of economic relations. The article reviews significant EU-US differences about the meaning of privacy and the means to protect it, the history of attempts to apply its provisions to information transferred to the US, and the less than satisfactory attempt at resolution – the Safe Harbor agreement. It then argues that attempting to apply the Directive to transactions on the Internet raises fundamental questions about the meaning of borders, territorial sovereignty and political space and explores the implications for territorial jurisdiction and global governance at some length.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Copyright © 2004 British International Studies Association.
Reprinted with permission.
Recommended Citation
Kobrin, S. J. (2004). Safe Harbours Are Hard to Find: The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Dispute, Territorial Jurisdiction and Global Governance. Review of International Studies, 30 (1), 111-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210504005856
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Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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