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Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

Author: Kinfe Yilma
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192887290
Published In: January 2023
Format: Hardback , 400 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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- Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of international law in securing privacy and data protection in the digital age
- Undertakes an original examination of the potential of global privacy initiatives such as Internet Bills of Rights in reimagining international law in the digital age
- Offers a set of concrete and practical reform ideas towards making international privacy law fit for purpose in the digital age
This book examines the role of international law in securing privacy and data protection in the digital age. Driven mainly by the transnational nature of privacy threats involving private actors as well as States, calls are increasingly made for an international privacy framework to meet these challenges. Mapped against a flurry of global privacy initiatives, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the extent to which and whether international law attends to the complexities of upholding digital privacy.

The book starts by exploring boundaries of international privacy law in upholding privacy and data protection in the digital ecosystem where threats to privacy are increasingly transnational, sophisticated and privatized. It then explores the potential of global privacy initiatives, namely Internet bills of rights, universalization of regional systems of data privacy protection, and the multi-level privacy discourse at the United Nations, in reimagining the normative contours of international privacy law. Having shown limitations of global privacy initiatives, the book proposes a pragmatic approach that could make international privacy law better-equipped in the digital age.
1:The 'Privacy Problem' in the Digital Age
2:The Reach of Human Rights Law
3:Boundaries of International Data Privacy Law
4:Internet Bills of Rights
5:Emergent Privacy Standards
6:Transnational Privacy Standards
7:Virtues of Soft Legalization
8:Virtues of a Dialogical Approach
Summary and Conclusion