The Law and Consumer Credit Information in the European Community
Subtitle: the Regulation of Credit Information Systems
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780203895603; 9781281753724
Subjects: Consumer credit; Consumer protection; Data protection; Right of Privacy
Description: This book examines the legal framework and compliance in the EC of consumer credit reporting and credit information sharing arrangements. It also lookes at the issue of human rights, and the extent to which the right to privacy of consumers ahould be balanced against the aims of consumer credit reporting.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Consumer credit reporting in the economy: What is consumer credit reporting, and why is it used?; 2 The lack of a legal perspective; 3 Historical background: the cultural framework A lesson from history?; 4 The institutional and legal standing in the EC: Is the EC missing a chance?; 5 Reputation, privacy and the law: What rights and interests are at stake and to what extent are these conflicting?