International Perspectives on Privacy
Reflect a fundamental concern with human rights (e.g., Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 established privacy as a fundamental human right)
Different countries have more or less stringent privacy protections – from the perspective or privacy protection, the Scandinavian countries (and now the European Union) have some of the strongest protections
International privacy law attempts to address the problem of privacy protection across international boundaries.