A User's Guide to Data Protection

by Paul Lambert

This new title in the comprehensive and established 'User's Guide to...' series covers all the compliance issues that organisations need to be aware of in order to successfully comply with the UK data protection rules and regulations, along with a full assessment of the EU Data Protection Regulations and their impact on UK practice. Since the previous edition there have been a number of significant developments such as: -Increasing uses, data collections and business models surrounding personal data -The impact of the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -Enhanced rights and obligations -Fines of up to 2% of worldwide turnover -Significant case law including: Google spain case; The Schrems case; Blocking and UK High Court case; Vidal case; Snowden case -Increasing litigation and cases regarding data protection and damages -Increasing levels of fines from the Information Commissioner and in an increasing variety of breach circumstances with directors as well as companies being fined by the Information Commissioner -Individuals, including private investigators, being prosecuted for DP offences A User's Guide to Data Protection, 2nd edition, is a practical and comprehensive analysis of current law and procedure which is presented in a clear and accessible reference style.

760 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2012

About the author

Lawyer, Adjunct Lecturer, Writer