CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DATA PROTECTION
The (now) common concept of data protection is actually a very modern notion. When we think of digitally stored databases and records, we understand the importance of protecting them: Digital records do not physically take up space, can be mislaid or stolen without removing the original, and such a loss could represent an enormous amount of information. However, this was not always the case.
Possibly the earliest forms of data and privacy protection come from the professions rather than legislation itself. Attorney-client confidentiality (or ‘legal professional privilege’, as the British call it), for instance, is believed to have begun as a sort of contract between a lawyer and their client many ...
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