Every year, there are advances in the way that we deal with information as individuals, governments, and organizations. We live and work predominantly online resulting in an enormous amount of digital data. The way that information is used is constantly changing with individuals, governments, and corporations all involved in collecting, storing, using, disclosing, and transferring information online. The growth in artificial intelligence and its effects on data will impact all individuals. It is imperative that a greater understanding of these new advances is gained, in particular, the legal implications they have for society.

Legal Regulations, Implications, and Issues Surrounding Digital Data is an essential research publication that assists readers in understanding the current technology they are using, how digital data is being used by governments and organizations, and the current legal issues surrounding these areas that set out challenges in everyday life. Highlighting topics such as data protection, cybercrime, and privacy, this book is ideal for lawyers, academicians, IT specialists, policymakers, cybersecurity professionals, law professionals, researchers, academicians, and students.

About the Authors

Margaret Jackson is an Emeritus Professor at the College of Business and Law, RMIT University. Emeritus Professor Jackson conducts research in the areas of computer law, Big Data, data protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence. She is the co-author (with Dr G Hughes) of Private Life in a Digital World, Thomson Reuters 2015; co-author (with Dr M Shelly) of Electronic Information and the Law, Thomson Reuters 2012, author of A Practical Guide to Protecting Confidential Business Information, LawBookCo 2003, and author of Hughes on Data Protection in Australia, LawBook Co 2001.

Marita Shelly has been a researcher on various multi-disciplinary research projects relating to research data management, the use of social media by Australian courts, the copyright issues related to electronic information and the legal implications of using the internet. She has co-authored a book Electronic Information and the Law, Thomson Reuters 2012, (with Emeritus Professor Jackson) as well as several refereed journal articles and book chapters.

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