Publisher's Synopsis
This title is the complete information source for professionals with responsibility for managing or advising on the collection, storage, processing, or transfer of personal data. "The Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy" contains an unrivalled collection of primary materials relating to data protection, many of which are not otherwise publicly available. These include: all guidance notes produced by the Information Commissioner (including earlier guidance notes produced by the Data Protection Registrar and the Data Protection Commissioner); codes of practice covering many different sectors of industry, commerce or the public sector; international materials - covering European Union documents, OECD documents and other instruments and conventions relevant to data protection; and statues and secondary legislation cases (including cases before the Information Tribunal and its predecessor, the Data Protection Tribunal, which are not reported elsewhere).;In addition to these primary materials, the "Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy" also contains the following extensive commentary: line-by-line commentary on the statutes; case reviews; and overview of the Data Protection Act and associated legislation.
