Data Protection: Law and Practice 4th ed: 1st Supplement

This 1st Supplement brings the text up to date with recent developments in the law.

Data Protection Law & Practice provides a comprehensive treatment of data protection law in the UK. It explains the principles of data protection and privacy laws, clarifies the background to UK and EU legislation and shows how the law works in practice.

• Deals with enforcement of the Data Protection Act, including the many exemptions
• Explains areas such as the use of personal data in marketing and the monitoring of employees
• Reviews the related development of confidentiality and privacy law
• Discusses the relationship with the Freedom of Information Act
• Provides guidance on relevant European and international developments
• Explores the implications of the most recent cases
• Contains precedents, sample forms and letters

Featuring updated chapters:

• Chapter 1: Progress on the draft Regulation and some international development
• Chapter 2: New case law in privacy
• Chapter 3: CJEU case law update including Google and the Right to be Forgotten
• Chapter 4: Territorial application and concept of establishment
• Chapter 6: Impact of the Right to be Forgotten decision
• Chapter 7: Cyber security proposals from the EU
• Chapter 8: Criticisms of Safe Harbor
• Chapter 14: New case law on damages, additional material on limitation periods
• Chapter 17: Update on Leveson proposals
• Chapter 20: Enforcement appeals and international enforcement
• Chapter 22: Case law on enforcement
• Chapter 23: Coulson NoW judgement on RIPA
• Chapter 24: Declaration of invalidity of Directive
• Chapter 26: Data sharing proposals
• Chapter 27: New cases on disclosure of criminal records
• Also features the CCTV Statutory Code of Practice