Internet privacy rights : rights to protect autonomy /

"Internet Privacy Rights analyses the current threats to our online autonomy and privacy and proposes a new model for the gathering, retention and use of personal data. Key to the model is the development of specific privacy rights: a right to roam the Internet with privacy, a right to monitor...

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Main Author: Bernal, Paul, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Series:Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 24
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Summary:"Internet Privacy Rights analyses the current threats to our online autonomy and privacy and proposes a new model for the gathering, retention and use of personal data. Key to the model is the development of specific privacy rights: a right to roam the Internet with privacy, a right to monitor the monitors, a right to delete personal data and a right to create, assert and protect an online identity. These rights could help in the formulation of more effective and appropriate legislation, and shape more privacy-friendly business models. The conclusion examines how the Internet might look with these rights in place and whether such an Internet could be sustainable from both a governmental and a business perspective"--
Physical Description:xii, 311 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index
ISBN:9781107042735 (hardback)
1107042739 (hardback)