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Data Protection Law & Practice, 4th Edition

By Rosemary Jay
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. December 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780414024960
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
December 2012
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
European Union, U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Examines the background, history and modern legal content of Data Protection
  • Discusses privacy rights, the possible misuse of private information, and the consequences
  • Looks at rights to prevent the procession and automated decisions, along with the principle levels of compensation and the possible remedies available
  • Examines key statutes such as the Data Protection Act, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and subordinate legislation
  • Informs you of key updates to the Data Protection Act 1998 since the last edition
  • Provides updated information on the processing of data, bringing it in line with current regulations
  • Includes new chapters on data-sharing, security obligations and the enforcement powers of the Commissioner
  • Gives you a detailed analysis of the European background to the legislation and the importance of the Charter and the Treaty of Lisbon for data protection
  • Features a new section of analysis and explanation of the case law of the European Court of Justice on data protection
  • Provides an explanation of the proposals from the European Commission to change the data protection regime with highlights of the proposed main changes in the draft Regulation
  • Examines the restrictions on interception of communications and exceptions to those under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and the data retention obligations
  • Discusses the current position on data protection and rights, post the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
  • Looks at the processing of Sensitive Data and the Overseas and Cross Border transfer of data
  • Offers guidance on following the Codes of Practice approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the policies of other regulators
  • Covers the effect of the proposed EU Regulation and Directive as well as UK Centric issues
  • Case law has been reviewed and examined in detail with commentary and analysis including important EU cases, for example Satamedia, ProMusicae, Bavarian Lager and Rijkeboer
  • Includes practical precedents and examples

Table of Contents

CONTENTS:

  • Background, History and EU Context
  • Privacy rights and the misuse of Private information
  • Interpretation of the Act and Key definitions, Including Territorial Applications
  • Data Protection and Rights of Access under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
  • Grounds for processing
  • The Principles
  • Security of personal data
  • Overseas or Cross Border Transfers of Personal Data
  • Notification
  • Individual Rights – General Points
  • Subject Access
  • Right to Prevent Processing
  • Rights Relating to Automated Systems
  • Compensation and Other Individual Remedies
  • Exemptions for Regulations, National Security, Crime Control and Taxation
  • Exemptions for the protection of the Individual: Family, Employers, Health, Social Work, and Schools Information
  • Exemptions for the Special Purposes: Journalistic, Literary and Artisitic
    Research
  • Miscellaneous Exemptions
  • Complaints, Assessments and Enforcement powers of the Commissioner
  • Criminal enforcement by the Commissioner
  • Access to Criminal Records and Enforced Subject Access
  • Electronic Communication and the Privacy and Electronic Communication (EC Directive) Regulation 2003
  • Monitoring of Communications
  • Data Retention
  • Data Sharing
  • The Commissioner and the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights)
  • Data Protection Laws in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man

Appendices:

  • Appendix A: Data Protection Act 1998
  • Appendix B: Freedom of Information Act 2000 PT VII (ss68-73),PT VIII (s.74), Sch .2 9PtII, paras 16-22),Sc.4.
  • Appendix C:EC Directive 95/45/EC
  • Appendix D: Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
  • Appendix E: Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communication) Regulations 2000
  • Appendix F: Regulation of Information Act 2000, PT 1 Chaps 1&2
  • Appendix G : Passage of the Act through Parliament 

About the Author

Rosemary Jay is an acknowledged expert in the field.  She has worked in data protection and information rights for 25 years, since joining the Office of the Data Protection Registrar in August 1987. 

Her clients have includes national and international bodies such as the Council of Europe and the European Commission and she has been engaged on a number of international assignments.  She lectures and writes widely.  She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, an Examiner for the ISEB Board, an editor of the Encyclopaedia of Data Protection.  Her work spans the public and private sector.  She currently works part time as a Senior Attorney at Hunton & Williams. 

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