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History of Data Processing in the 1970s

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What was the main challenge in framing the new standards for personal information protection?

Determining the appropriate level of government (international, regional, or domestic) to enforce the new standards

Maintaining a balance between concerns for personal freedom and privacy at the national level, and the ability to support free trade at the EEC level (correct)

Reconciling the right to privacy with the right to freedom of expression

Ensuring individuals could exercise control over their personal information while allowing the free international flow of information necessary for trade

What was the key purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) according to the passage?

To provide the basis for subsequent European data protection laws and standards

To resolve the apparent conflict between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression

To promote and protect human rights at the international, regional, and domestic levels

To acknowledge the inherent dignity and equal rights of all members of the human race (correct)

Which of the following best describes how the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression are related in the UDHR?

The right to freedom of expression may sometimes result in the invasion of privacy (correct)

The two rights are completely separate and unrelated

The UDHR does not address the relationship between these two rights

The two rights are in direct conflict with one another

What is the main function of international human rights law according to the passage?

To promote and protect human rights at the international, regional, and domestic levels Signup and view all the answers

How does the passage characterize the relationship between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression in the UDHR?

The two rights are in direct conflict with one another Signup and view all the answers

What encouraged a rise in information sharing during the early 1970s?

Transborder trade facilitated by the European Economic Community Signup and view all the answers

What new opportunities did computers, combined with telecommunications, open up for data processing during the early 1970s?

International scale data processing Signup and view all the answers

What concern arose due to the developments in information processing during the early 1970s?

Adverse impact on individual privacy Signup and view all the answers

Which factor exacerbated concerns about privacy when personal information was transferred internationally?

Development of telecommunications Signup and view all the answers

Which technology allowed public administrations and large enterprises in the early 1970s to set up extensive data banks for personal information?

Mainframe computers Signup and view all the answers