The longterm preservation of identifiable persona

Authors: Livia Iacovino Malcolm Todd

Publish Date: 2007/08/29

Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-127

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Abstract

This article analyses the extent to which archival exemptions for historical scientific and statistical research in privacy legislation support preservation in selected European Union countries and comparable aspects of Australian American and Canadian law within a legal ethical and digital archival perspective The authors recommend that the further processing of personal data under data protection law be given a wider scope of interpretation for archival preservation purposes in both the public and private sector coupled with the use of researcher and archival codes in relation to access to personal data They also recommend early appraisal and integration of privacy with freedom of information and archival regimesThis article is a substantially revised version of a paper entitled “Ethical Principles Accountability and the Longterm Preservation of Identifiable Personal Data A Comparative Analysis of Privacy Legislation in Australia Canada the European Union and the United States” presented at the Association of Canadian Archivists Ethics and Accountability in the Archival Sphere 29th Annual Conference Montréal Québec Canada May 26–29 2004 The paper grew out of research conducted for University of British Columbia International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems Project InterPARES 2 IP2 2002–2006 http//wwwinterparesorg/ip2/ip2 indexcfm consulted December 2004 The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of IP2 policy group researchers in relation to US Belgian and Canadian material respectively Terry Maxwell University at Albany New York Hannelore Dekeyser Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Jane Morrison University of British Columbia Vancouver

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