The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective - Hardcover

Bennett, Colin J.; Raab, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855214733 ISBN 13: 9781855214736

Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This text addresses the politics of privacy protection with regard to personal information. It is motivated by the argument that privacy-related problems are as much political and public policy issues as they are legal and technological ones.

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Review

--Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor

--William H. Dutton, Director, Oxford Internet Institute

--Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, United Kingdom

--David Flaherty, former Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

" Unavoidable for all those interested in the architecture of privacy protection and in using it to better preserve and enhance our privacy." --Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor

" This book should be required reading for any serious student or practitioner concerned about the privacy of personal information in our globally networked society." --William H. Dutton, Director, Oxford Internet Institute

" A fresh and direct approach to the issues at stake, leaving the reader with the recognition that privacy protection is indissolubly bound up with social and economic policy issues of modern society." --Anne Carblanc, OECD, Paris

" "The Governance of Privacy" is required reading for those of us seriously concerned about the politics of privacy and data protection in the global information age." --David Flaherty, former Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

" A tour de force. In this book, two political scientists present the results of a decade of scrutiny of information privacy regulatory practices. It also offers an extremely insightful analysis of different dimensions of information privacy laws in different countries." --Paul Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School

" Regulating privacy and data protection must be focused on outcomes, not mindless legal compliance. More and more private and public organizations are recognizing the sensitivity and importance of the issues. This wide-ranging and thought-provoking book guides policy makers and regulators to identify and elaborate the outcomes which need to be pursued.” --Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, United Kingdom

About the Author

Charles Raab is Professor of Government in the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855214733
• ISBN 13: 9781855214736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272