Data Privacy Law: An International Perspective

This is the first work to examine the fundamental aims and principles of data privacy law in an international context. Bygrave analyses relevant law from across the globe, paying particular attention to international instruments and using these as a foundation for examining national law. Dr Lee Andrew Bygrave is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law, University of Oslo. He has acted as an expect advisor on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) regulatory policy for many institutions, including the EU Commission and the UK House of Lords Constitution Committee. He has published extensively within the field of privacy/data protection law and is the author of an international standard work in this field Data Protection Law: Approaching Its Rationale, Logic and Limits (Kluwer, 2002). He is also the co-author and principle editor of Internet Governance: Infrastructure and Institutions (OUP, 2009).