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100			_aStefanick, Lorna
245			_aOutsourcing and transborder data flows: the challenge of protecting personal information under the shadow of the USA Patriot act
260			_c2007
300			_ap.531-48.
362			_aDec
520			_aGovernments are increasingly outsourcing service provision to private contractors in an effort to realize cost efficiencies. The passage of the USA Patriot Act, however, has caused concern that government outsourcing of data management to US-based companies could result in the violation of fundamental civil liberties. What follows is a case study of a Canadian provincial government's plan to outsource the administration of a public health insurance and drug plan to a Canadian subsidiary of an American company. Within the context of the larger international concern about the reach of the USA Patriot Act, the article discusses the Canadian response to the fear that outsourcing will compromise the security of personal health information. it concludes that while different privacy protection experts worldwide have drawn different conclusions as to the implications of the USA Patriot Act, the ability of governments to protect the large amounts of data that are entrusted to them is becoming increasingly difficult. - Reproduced.
650			_aAccountability
650			_aState security
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
908			_aN
909			_a77431
999			_c77431 _d77431