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European Data Privacy Rights ' Not So Scary After All

By Simon Smith
August 22, 2003

Most e-commerce businesses and advisers outside Europe are generally aware that the European Union (E.U.) has what appear to be some strange and intricate laws relating to data privacy.

Because those laws appear complex, non-Europeans or people in general operating outside of Europe, can be tempted to ignore them; after all, they apply only in Europe, don't they?

But turning a blind eye to these data-privacy laws can prove dangerous and, in fact, the steps necessary to effect compliance are usually not that difficult.

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