Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK and EU Law - Softcover

Carey, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199563543 ISBN 13: 9780199563548

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Now in its third edition, this invaluable handbook offers practical solutions to issues arising in relation to data protection law. It is fully updated and expanded to include coverage of all of the significant developments in the practice of data protection, and takes account of the wealth of guidance published by the Information Commissioner since the last edition.

The third edition includes new material on the 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. There are new chapters on terminology and data security.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Carey is Senior Consultant with PDP, and Consultant with London law firm, Charles Russell. He has been described by the British Computer Society as "one of the UK's leading data protection experts". Peter is one of the UK's foremost trainers on data protection law and practice and he regularly provides bespoke data protection training courses to large organizations.
In his consulting capacity, Peter advises all types of organizations, including charities and law firms, on compliance with UK and EU data protection law. He provides expert advice in all fields of data protection law including the implementation of data protection compliance measures, the drafting of internal data privacy policies, the content of outsourcing agreements, the legality of marketing initiatives, issues relating to the export of personal data outside the EEA and data protection compliance for employers.

Review:

Review from previous edition: "Peter Carey is not afraid to deal with the complexity of real life scenarios...Another excellent section is that on employment-related data...Marketing is also dealt with in a very useful manner...His section on privacy and websites is also extremely
useful...Carey makes his book easy to understand without requiring his non-EU based readers to do any additional research...Carey also has a gift for knowing what information is required at what time...this book was a rare academic pleasure to read."

--CTLR

"The book is a useful handbook of UK data protection law, and would be of particular use to those with no or little experience of this aspect of law. It clearly sets out all the relevant law, and discusses the statutory provisions. It is concisely and practically written and includes useful
examples of situations which arise in practice. ... ideal for many of the businesses who need to come to grips with data protection law as a matter of compliance. It is written in an easy to follow manner with sufficient cross-referencing and details of sources of further information for the
intelligent non-lawyer to obtain a basic understanding of data protection law"

--CTLR Vol. 7, Issue 7, Oct. 2001

"a very useful work for those involved in data protection and could be read by both lawyers and non-lawyers alike with ease."

--Privacy Laws and Business UK Newsletter

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199563543
• ISBN 13: 9780199563548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 529