Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK and EU Law, Third Edition

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Now in its third edition, this invaluable handbook offers practical solutions to issues arising in relation to UK and EU data protection laws.

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Buy this comprehensive guide to the UK's Data Protection Act and EU data protection laws today!Now in its third edition, this invaluable handbook offers practical solutions to issues arising in relation to UK and EU data protection laws.

This book has been fully updated and expanded to include coverage of all of the significant developments in the practice of data protection. It takes account of the wealth of guidance published by the UK's Information Commissioner since the last edition.

The third edition includes new material on:

• Changes to the Commissioner's powers and new guidance from the Commissioner's office,
• Coverage of new cases on peripheral aspects of data protection compliance and examples of enforcement,
• The new code on CCTV processing,
• The new employment code,
• Clarification on the definition of 'personal data',
• The binding corporate rules on the exemption to the export data ban and the new ICT set of model contractual provisions for data exports,
• And the proposed action by the EU against the UK for failing to implement the Data Protection Directive appropriately.

Additionally, new chapters on terminology and data security have been added.
Reviews of the Book:'As one might expect from an author who combines immense experience of the subject with a natural ability to communicate it. this book really is a practical guide, being a good deal more readable than the legislation that underlies it' - Datonomy, March 2009
Key Features and Benefits:

• One of the most widely used resources on the UK's Data Protection Act 1998. Proving the usefulness of the book.
• New chapter on terminology, reproducing the definition of the terms from the Data Protection Act 1998. Setting them in the context of specific examples, to help you understand them. Demystifying the language and improving your understanding of the DPA. Helping you to ensure your organisation is fully compliant the the DPA and other European legislation.
• A new chapter on data security includes discussion of the issues surrounding high-profile cases of the loss of personal data. Including HMRC losing 25 million citizens' records in October 2007, and the loss of a memory stick containing records of the UK's entire prison population by a contractor of the UK's Home Office in August 2008. Giving you the background so that you can help your organisation avoid a similar situation.
  

Author: Peter Carey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN 10: 0199563543

ISBN 13: 9780199563548

Pages: 600

Format: Softcover

Published Date: 5 March 2009

Availability: In Stock



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