Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK and EU Law

by Peter Carey

Overview

Written by one of the UK's leading data protection experts, this invaluable handbook offers practical solutions to issues arising in relation to data protection law within the UK and EU. Now in its fourth edition, Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK and EU Law has been fully updated and expanded to include new cases and guidance, and additional material on new technologies. There are new chapters on behavioral advertising, privacy impact assessments and Apps. Significant updates have been made to the CCTV chapter, as well as new information on social media, and the Leveson Report.

Each chapter contains considerations of the likely impact of the proposed European General Data Protection Regulation through analysis of the draft regulation published by the European Commission in 2012, and the proposed amendments published by the European Parliament in 2014. This book has been adopted as the key text for the Practitioner Certificate In Data Protection (www.dataprotectionqualification.com), the leading qualification for those who work within the field of data protection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199563548
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	06/01/2009
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Peter Carey, Senior Consultant with PDP, and Consultant with Charles Russell, London

Peter Carey is a Solicitor and Consultant to London law firm Charles Russell Speechleys, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and Senior Lecturer at PDP Training. He is described by the British Computer Society as 'one of the Europe's leading data protection experts.' He advises on all aspects of data protection compliance and leads various public and bespoke training courses on data protection. Peter is Head of the Examination Board of the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection www.dataprotectionqualification.com

Date of Birth:

May 7, 1943

Place of Birth:

Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

Education:

Monash University (no degree)

Website:

http://www.petercareybooks.com

Table of Contents

1. HISTORY OF DATA PROTECTION AND INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGISLATION