Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law

Comparative Perspectives

David Lindsay editor Normann Witzleb editor Moira Paterson editor Sharon Rodrick editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Apr '14

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Prominent privacy law experts, regulators and academics examine contemporary legal approaches to privacy from a comparative perspective.

Adopting a comparative approach, this collection provides an overview of developments in privacy law such as the reform of data protection frameworks, privacy and the media, surveillance and social control, privacy and the Internet, and privacy and the courts.This collection of essays explores current developments in privacy law, including reform of data protection laws, privacy and the media, social control and surveillance, privacy and the Internet, and privacy and the courts. It places these developments into a broader international context, with a particular focus on the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Adopting a comparative approach, it creates an important resource for understanding international trends in the reform of privacy and data protection laws across a variety of contexts. Written by internationally recognised experts, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives provides an accessible introduction to contemporary legal and policy debates in privacy and data protection law. It is essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in current challenges facing privacy and data protection law in Europe and in the common law world.

ISBN: 9781107041677

Dimensions: 229mm x 142mm x 30mm

Weight: 800g

470 pages