Data Privacy Law: An International Perspective

by Lee Andrew Bygrave

Overview

Although over 100 countries have developed data privacy laws, there is a lack of expert guidance on these laws. This text examines the fundamental aims and principles of data privacy law, along with the mechanisms for its enforcement in an international context. Bygrave analyses relevant law from around the globe, paying particular attention to international instruments and using these as a foundation for examining national law. He also places data privacy law within a broader legal and political framework, focusing upon its interrelation with related fields, such as human rights, administrative law, and, intellectual property rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191663031
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	01/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Lee Andrew Bygrave is a Professor at the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law, attached to the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo. He has acted as an expert advisor on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) regulatory policy for many institutions, including the EU Commission and the UK House of Lords Constitution Committee. He has published extensively within the field of privacy/data protection law and is the author of an international standard work in this field Data Protection Law: Approaching Its Rationale, Logic and Limits (Kluwer, 2002). He is also the co-author and principle editor of Internet Governance: Infrastructure and Institutions (OUP, 2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Overview of Data Privacy law2. Origins and Aims of Data Privacy Law3. Ambit of Data Privacy Law4. Core Principles of Data Privacy Law5. Production, Oversight and Enforcement of Data Privacy Law6. Inter-Legal Aspects7. Prospects