Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law : Comparative Perspectives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witzleb, Normann.

Contributor:

Lindsay, David, 1959-

Paterson, Moira.

Rodrick, Sharon.

Series:

Cambridge intellectual property and information law

Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of.

Local Subjects:

Privacy, Right of.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Foreword; 1 An overview of emerging challenges in privacy law; Part I: Reforming the data protection frameworks: Australian and EU perspectives; Part II: Privacy in European human right instruments; Part III: Privacy protection through common law and statute; Part IV: Privacy, surveillance and control; Part V: Privacy and the Internet; Part VI: Privacy, the courts and the media; Conclusion

Part I Reforming the data protection frameworks: Australian and EU perspectives2 Navigating privacy in the information age: the Australian perspective; Introduction; Privacy in the modern world; Privacy

a human right; Privacy law reform; ALRC recommendations; The government's first-stage response; Commissioner's powers; Overseas experience; Enforcement by the OAIC; Determinations; Own motion investigations; Data breach notification; Industry is standing up and taking notice; Other challenges and opportunities; Conclusion

3 Responding to new challenges to privacy through law reform: a privacy advocate's perspectiveIntroduction; New business models and practices; New actors; Jurisdictional issues; Enforcement issues; Recent law reform; Privacy Act; New principles; Direct marketing; Credit reporting; Privacy codes; Enforcement; Missing reforms; Sectoral legislation/regulation; Telecommunications; Health; Identity management; Quasi-regulators; Action on unsolicited marketing; Pending reforms; Statutory cause of action; Data security breach notification; Regulator effectiveness; Conclusion

4 The reform of EU data protection: towards more effective and more consistent data protection across the EUIntroduction; History and background; Privacy and data protection; EU Data Protection Directive; The Charter and Lisbon Treaty; Drivers of EU review; Continuity and change; General scope; User control; Responsibility; Supervision and enforcement; Global privacy; Final remarks; Part II Privacy in European human right instruments; 5 Protection of privacy in the EU, individual rights and legal instruments; Human rights as part of EU law; Right to privacy in the EU; Privacy and intimacy

Social aspects of private lifeData protection; Privacy and freedom of the press

the Caroline case; Protection of family; Protection of home; Correspondence and communication; Article 8 ECHR as a qualified right; Positive obligations; Conclusion; 6 A world data privacy treaty? 'Globalisation' and 'modernisation' of Council of Europe Convention 108; Adoption of 'European' data privacy standards outside Europe; The real world of data privacy laws; Convention 108 compared with other international instruments; Council of Europe Convention 108: history, status and standards

Convention 108 and its Additional Protocol: origins and purposes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Witzleb, Normann. Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law : Comparative Perspectives.

ISBN:

9781139910842

1139910841

OCLC:

875095739

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