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Title New dimensions in privacy law : international and comparative perspectives / edited by Andrew T. Kenyon and Megan Richardson
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 New dimensions in privacy: Communications technologies, media practices and law; 2 Privacy and freedom of speech; 3 Revisiting the American action for public disclosure of private facts; 4 The internet and private life in Europe: Risks and aspirations; 5 APEC's privacy framework sets a new low standard for the Asia-Pacific; 6 Copyright, privacy and digital rights management (DRM); 7 Why there will never be an English common law privacy tort; 8 The 'right' of privacy in England and Strasbourg compared
Summary Considers the challenges faced by privacy laws in changing technological, commercial and social environments. The book encompasses three overlapping areas of analysis: privacy protection under the general law; legislative measures for data protection in digital communications networks; and the influence of transnational agreements and other pressures toward harmonised privacy standards
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Privacy, Right of.
Data protection -- Law and legislation.
Conflict of laws -- Privacy, Right of.
Mass media -- Law and legislation.
LAW -- Privacy.
Conflict of laws -- Privacy, Right of
Data protection -- Law and legislation
Mass media -- Law and legislation
Privacy, Right of
Form Electronic book
Author Kenyon, Andrew T
Richardson, Megan
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