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International and
Domestic Principles
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
A large number of discussions, held in academic, government, and private
venues over the past two decades, have resulted in generally recognized
privacy principles originally recognized in U.S. statutes in the 1970s.
For purposes of this text, the core principles rst published by the U.S.
Department of Commerce in 1998,
1
as amended with input from several
sources, including the State of California and the Center for Democracy
and Technology, deserve mention.
2
Based on considerable legal analysis
and debate by privacy advocates, these principles are withstanding the
test of time and litigation. It should be noted that U.S. law lacks the pri-
vacy rights set o