Although the concept of personal data protection began in Europe in the early 1970s, data protection legislation has been adopted in many countries. In Europe there is a wide divergence of policies between members of the EC, non-EC members and the new democracies of Eastern Europe. This volume explains these differences and also, uniquely, focuses on the abuses of personal data in the developing nations of Latin America, Asia and Africa. It also includes the latest national and international laws, initiatives and guidelines on personal data protection. It is the first reference work to combine these various documents in a single volume source.

This book provides a serious but zany view of the Trump administration, its impact on the United States, and the world. Trump not only attempted to transform the United States into an oligarchical banana republic but he practiced "bananas" republicanism.

This book is a compilation, in encyclopedic format, of the CIA's various fronts, proprietaries, and contractors/corporate partners since the agency's inception in 1947. The book ranges from "A" to "Z" -- Air America to Zapata Offshore.

There are real-life James Bond villains in the world who thrive from constant chaos, social upheaval, and armed conflicts. George Soros's Quantum Fund shares more than a name with Ernst Stavro Blofeld's Quantum operation. In a case of life imitating art, Soros is the perfect James Bond nemesis: powerful, ultra-wealthy, and bent on a world re-engineered according to his own desires.

This book, for the first time, suggests that both Israel and Saudi Arabia were intimately involved in planning and carrying out the 9/11 attack on the United States. Both countries, while seemingly enemies, have been longtime secret allies. They share a number of common enemies, including Iran, Shi'a Islam, pan-Arab nationalism, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Their intelligence chiefs often meet and conspire in utmost secrecy. The Saudis and Israelis had the motive and the means to cooperate in launching a "false flag" terrorist attack on the United States in order to plunge America into endless conflicts to bolster the positions of Israel and Saudi Arabia. This book tells that story.

This book delves into the Cold War mysteries surrounding the fates of two ships: the USS Scorpion, a nuclear-powered submarine that sank in 1968, and the SS Poet, a U.S.-flagged Merchant Marine vessel that sank in 1980. You will be shocked at the depths of the cover-ups involving the two maritime incidents.

A recent history, from the archives of WayneMadsenReport.com, of the super-secret National Security Agency from an insider's vantage point. The history begins prior to the 9/11 attack and continues to the present. NSA's government payroll Internet commentators are already attacking this book and its author. The NSA clearly doesn't want anyone to read this book.

This is the first overview of the scandal that took down CIA director and the much-idolized General David Petraeus. As with all major scandals, there are back stories to the Petraeus Affair and they are revealed here.