Data Rights and Private Law

(Hardback)

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This collection examines one of the fastest growing fields of regulation: data rights. The book moves debates about data rights beyond privacy protecting statutes. In doing so, it asks what private law may have to say about data rights and explores how private law may also influence the interpretation and the form of legislation dealing with data rights. Over five parts it: sets out an overview of the themes and problems; explores theoretical justifications and challenges in understanding data rights; considers data rights 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.

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Damian Clifford is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, College of Law, Australia. Kwan Ho Lau is Assistant Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore. Jeannie Marie Paterson is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School, Australia.