Data protection. A practical guide to UK and EU law (5th edition)

Summary:

This handbook provides a complete guide to the practical application of data protection law. It is fully updated and expanded to include coverage of significant developments in the practice of data protection, and takes account of new legislation as well as guidance published by the Information Commissioner since the last edition.

The fifth edition includes coverage of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); the implications of Brexit; new guidance from the Information Commissioner's office; coverage of new cases on several aspects of data protection compliance; the latest developments on electronic communications; new chapters on accountability and the role of the Data Protection Officer, and creating a compliance programme.

This book is essential reading for all those working with data protection issues, and in compliance departments, as well as in-house and private practice lawyers, company secretaries, HR Officers and IT specialists, and has been adopted as 'recommended reading' on the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection Programme.

Table of contents:

1. Territorial scope and terminology
2. Data protection principles
3. Fair, lawful, and transparent processing
4. Special categories of data
5. Data security and breach notifications
6. International data transfers
7. The rights of individuals
8. Enforcement and the role of the regulator
9. Outsourcing personal data processing
10. Electronic communications
11. Data protection impact assessments
12. Accountability and the role of the Data Protection Officer
13. Creating a data protection compliance programme