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Zusatztext This volume will help everyone who processes personal data anywhere in Asia to understand the obligations that accompany the processing. Everyone outside of Asia who does business with Asian consumers - or who advises those who do - needs this book. Informationen zum Autor Graham Greenleaf is a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he specialises in the relationships between information technology and law. He is a co-founder and Co-Director of the free-access Internet law service, the Australasian Legal Information Institute. In 2010 he took the lead in establishing the Asian Privacy Scholars Network. He was General Editor of the monthly Privacy Law and Policy Reporter 1994-2006, and since then has been Asia-Pacific Editor for Privacy Laws & Business International Report. He co-edited Global Privacy Protection (Edward Elgar, 2008) with J Rule. In 2010 he was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contributions to advancing free access to legal information and to the protection of privacy. Klappentext This is the first work to analyse data privacy laws across Asia. Written by the leading expert in this area, the book sets out the international context of the development of national data privacy law before examining and comparing data privacy in 14 Asian countries. Zusammenfassung This is the first work to analyse data privacy laws across Asia. Written by the leading expert in this area, the book sets out the international context of the development of national data privacy law before examining and comparing data privacy in all 26 Asian jurisdictions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Asia and International data privacy standards; 1 Context and History of Data Privacy Laws in Asia; 2 International structures affecting data privacy in Asia; 3 Standards by which to assess a country's data privacy laws; Part II: National data privacy laws in Asia; 4 Hong Kong SAR - New life for an established law; 5 South Korea - The most innovative law; 6 Taiwan - A stronger law, on a constitutional base; 7 China - Convergence or Warring States?; 8 Japan - The illusion of protection; 9 Macau SAR - The 'Euro model'; 10 Singapore: Uncertain scope - strong powers; 11 Malaysia: ASEAN's first law in force; 12 The Philippines & Thailand - ASEAN's incomplete comprehensive laws; 13 Vietnam & Indonesia - ASEAN's sectoral laws; 14 ASEAN - South-East Asia's other five states; 15 India - Confusion Raj, with outsourcing; 16 The other seven countries in South Asia (SAARC); Regional Comparisons, Standards and Futures; 17 Comparing protections and principles - Influences and originality; 18 Assessing data privacy enforcement in Asia - Alternatives and evidence; 19 International developments - Future prospects for Asia; 20 Asian data privacy laws: Trajectories, lessons and optimism...
