Data Protection & Privacy Jurisdictional Comparisons

Data protection & PrivacyJurisdicational comparisonsFirst edition 2012General editor:Monika Kuschewsky Van Bael & BellisThomson ReutersThe first edition aims to provide companies and legal professionals with a comprehensive source of key inforamtion and an indispensable reference guide to data protection and privacy laws in a total of 30 jurisdictions worldwide. Written by expert local practioners with extensive experience in the field of date protection and privacy, both within the European Union and further afield, every chapter gives a detailed overview of the relevant data protection and privacy law within each national jurisdction, yet is also structured in a way that allows for quick comparisons to be made between the legal regimes of the various jurisdictions addressed. In additon, this is one of the first works to cover the legislative proposal of the European Commision for a reform of the European Union data protection legal framework.