Data and Private Law

This collection examines one of the fastest growing fields of regulation: data rights. The book moves debates about data beyond data and privacy protecting statutes. In doing so, it asks what private law may have to say about these issues and explores how private law may influence the interpretation and the form of legislation dealing with data. Over five parts it: sets out an overview of the themes and problems; explores theoretical justifications and challenges in understanding data; considers data through the perspective of cognate private law doctrines; assesses the contribution of private law in understanding individual rights; and finally examines the potential of private law in providing individual remedies for wrongful data use, supplementing the work of regulators. The contributors are specialists in their respective fields of private law with long-standing expertise in the challenges to data privacy posed by emerging digital technologies.>

Product details

• Authors: Damian Clifford, Kwan Ho Lau, Jeannie Paterson
• Assisted by: Damian Clifford (Editor), Kwan Ho Lau (Editor), Jeannie Marie Paterson (Editor), Paterson Jeannie Marie (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2025
• EAN: 9781509966066
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-6606-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Restitution, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Science & Technology, LAW / Torts, LAW / Contracts, contract law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Privacy law, Data Protection Law, IT & Communications law