For each country, I need to know hyperlinks to privacy laws enacted after the
year 2000 for each of theses countries Chile, Brazil, Argentina,
Germany, and India? All I need is hyperlinks to articles. 
 
Helpful hints: 
Http://www.europemedia.net 
 
You may want to try your privacy keyword searches with the phrases EU
or MERCOSUR, these are the economic regions

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Clarification of Question by needresearch-ga on 30 Jun 2002 10:19 PDT

I found this site, it might help you. 

http://www.gilc.org/privacy/survey/

I need an up to date site like this

Hello, needsresearch-ga!

I have found the most recent information concerning  privacy laws in
the countries of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Germany,
Chile and India.

The document “Privacy and Human Rights 2000 – An International Survey
of Privacy Laws and Developments” is available online at
http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/.
 
  “This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state
of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey
examines a wide range of privacy issues including, data protection,
telephone tapping, genetic databases, ID systems and freedom of
information laws. The report finds that there is a worldwide
regocnition of privacy as a fundamental human right. Many countries
around the world are enacting comprehenisve data protection law to
safeguard individual privacy increase. However at the same time,
privacy is increasingly being undermined by technical advances and the
demands of intelligence and law enforcement agencies for increase
surveillance powers. There is a strong need for improved oversight and
stricter enforcement of current laws to ensure that legal protections
are not ignored as threats to personal privacy increase.”

Click on the links for Republic of India, Argentine Republic, Federal
Republic of Germany, Federative Republic of Brazil, and Republic of
Chile for the most up-to-date privacy law information .

“Privacy and Human Rights 2001” is not yet online but is available
from the EPIC bookstore for $20.00. “Updated and expanded for 2001,
the report includes new sections on genetic privacy, location
tracking, authentication and identification requirements, electronic
numbering, corporate sharing of information with governments, and the
privacy implications of digital rights management schemes.” The book
can be ordered at http://www.epic.org/bookstore/epic_books.html

With the interest you have expressed in these countries through your
questions on Google Answers, you might be intrigued by some of the
other books they have available.

I also enjoyed researching your question concerning web advertising in
India and Chile. You must have some interesting projects going on!

Hope you can use this information to good advantage!

umiat-ga

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Clarification of Answer by umiat-ga on 22 Jul 2002 09:54 PDT

I just realized this is basically a repeat of the comments below,
which I didn't thoroughly read through before doing my own research.
Sorry.....don't bother to pay if you don't want since you basically
have all this information in the unfinished answer submitted by
zerocattle-ga. Even researchers can feel like a dunce!

I'm sorry I couldn't complete this research tonight. Hopefully someone
else can pick up where I left off, or I can resume in the morning.

This is what I have so far:

A group called Privacy International appears to be keeping track of
privacy issues in countries all over the world. Unfortunately, the
2001 report is not online yet, and can only be purchased:
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2001/

For a quick report on the state of privacy laws as of 2000, you can
review the online version for 2000:

http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2000/countriesag.html
http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2000/countrieshp.html


ARGENTINA

These are both stories about the laws, and the Digital Signature Law
itself.

Proposed bills: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48291,00.html
Enacted laws: http://www.pki.gov.ar/PKIdocs/proyecto_de_ley_de_firma_digital.doc
Digital Signature Law (spanish only)
http://www.bmck.com/ecommerce/Privacy%20Data%20Protection%20Law1.html
(privacy protection law, 2000)

CHILE
 
These are stories _about_ the laws, but not the laws themselves.

http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/04/chilepress0418.htm
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/americas3.html

"The 2001 Law on Freedoms of Opinion and Information and the Practice 
          of Journalism, known as the Press Law, repealed certain
provisions of
          Chile's infamous State Security Law of 1958, including
Article 6b, which
          made it a crime to insult senior officials."

"Finally, the 2001 law repealed the 1967 Law on Publicity Abuses,
which
          empowered judges to ban press coverage of court proceedings.
While that
          was a positive step, the new law also imposed personal
privacy protections
          that could inhibit the ability of journalists to report on
the activities
          of public figures."

From: http://www.cpj.org/news/2002/Chile07may02na.html

Search Terms and Sources:

MERCOSUR privacy law
led to: http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/ which is a directory/search
engine
[country] privacy law
http://www.bmck.com/ecommerce/

You might want to use these acronyms with your Internet privacy searches. They are
Economic regions.
LAIA (Latin American Integration Association) 
MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market)  
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)  
EU (European Union)

Hi, needs research,

http://www.gilc.org/privacy/survey/ which you noted contains an older
version of information on the site I listed first in my comment above:
http://www.privacyinternational.org -- it has information up to 2000,
but not beyond.