Author: Ekkehard Mochmann

Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 292

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Paperback. This publication deals with data protection and data access in the social sciences. The first part consists of reports from ten countries, covering country-specific legislation, and discussing problems and solutions concerning data access for research purposes. Subjects considered include practical examples of new methods to give access to machine readable data files, and the implications of privacy legislation and data protection for social science research. The second part consists of an international bibliography on the subject.The reports and bibliography form an update to the subject of data protection and data access for research at a time that overall computerization of personal information has become a reality and many countries have revised their legislation on privacy and data access.