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Data Protection in the European Union: A Closer Look at the Current Patchwork of Data Protection Laws and the Proposed Reform That Could Replace Them All

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Christina Glon
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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , Winter 2014 , pp. 471 - 492
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