Protecting Personal Information

Andrea Monti is Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the University of Chieti in Italy, and writer in the field of law and technology.Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong, and a leading international authority on privacy. He has published widely on the subject for four decades.

Overall, with all its historical references and comments from both jurisdictions (US / UK vs. Continental Europe), the book is worth reading about the long-unfinished policy debate on what the DS-BER and other laws should protect. (Translated from the original German)

• 1. Personal Information and Privacy I. The Genesis II. Defining ‘Privacy’III. Privacy and Personal Information IV. A Constitutional Right V. A Way Forward VI. Personal Information 2. Personal Information and Data Protection I. Introduction II. The Association of Data Protection and Privacy III. EU Data Protection Law IV. The European Court of Human Rights V. Conclusion 3. Personal Information and Power I. Introduction II. Genetic Privacy III. National DNA Databases IV. Where is ‘Privacy’? 4. Personal Information, Goods and Services I. Introduction II. Digital Robber Barons III. Online ProfilingIV. Privacy and Pollsters 5. Personal Information and Freedom I. Introduction II. Anonymity III. Anonymous Remailers IV. Cryptocurrencies V. Sexual Preference VI. Scientific Positivism VII. Genetic Research VIII. Copyright 6. Personal Information and the Media I. Introduction II. Defining the Media III. Collecting and Communicating IV. ‘Reasonable Expectation of Privacy’ V. ‘Misuse of Personal Information’ VI. The Public Interest VII. Data Protection 7. Personal Information and Memory I. A Right to History II. Photographs III. Understanding the Past IV. Profiling V. Genetics VI. Privacy 8. Privacy Reconsidered