Updates

Sent to subscribers in May 2013

This update is dedicated to Alan F. Westin, an iconic figure in privacy law throughout the world, and the most important privacy scholar since Louis Brandeis, who passed away on February 18, 2013, as we were completing the last elements of this Supplement #11, which will be shipped to our subscribers in May 2013.

Professor Westin defined the modern right to privacy in “Privacy and Freedom,” his seminar work in the information privacy field, which was published in 1967.  In this book, Professor Westin defined privacy as individuals’ right to control, edit, manage, and delete information about themselves, and to decide how much of their personal information may be disclosed and to whom, how it should be maintained, and how it should be disseminated. This concept has become the cornerstone of our modern right to privacy.

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Sent to subscribers in January 2013.

I am pleased to announce that Supplement #10 to the two-volume treatise Global Privacy and Security Law is now available.

Supplement 10 contains updates to twenty-three chapters. Updates have been made to the Philippines chapter following the introduction of a new data protection act in September 2012. The chapter provides a complete analysis of the new law. The chapter on the Czech Republic has also been significantly updated for this Supplement 10. In keeping with many of the other chapters in Global Privacy and Security Law, it now contains new detail on data protection with respect to health information, children information, and whistleblowing and security breach disclosure laws.

The other significant updates in Supplement 10 are detailed below.

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Sent to subscribers in October 2012

I am pleased to announce that Supplement #9 to the two-volume treatise Global Privacy and Security Law is now available. This Supplement contains updates to twenty-four chapters. The chapter on Sweden now contains information on the private right of action, on sample cases and penalties, on employee information, children information, whistleblowing and other laws protecting personal data. The chapter on Finland has been updated in a similar manner. It has been updated to include new sections highlighting a data controller’s obligations when outsourcing the processing of personal data, when using surveillance cameras or collecting data in the workplace.

The most significant changes in this Supplement 9 are described below.

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Sent to subscribers May 2012

I am pleased to enclose our Supplement #8 to the two-volume treatise Global Privacy and Security Law. A new chapter was added to provide an analysis of the Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation, which is intended to replace the seminal Directive 95/46/EC, also known as the EU Data Protection Directive. We are also providing updates to 12 of the existing chapters. The most significant changes are described below. (more…)

Sent to subscribers in January 2012

With Supplement #7 to the two-volume treatise Global Privacy and Security Law, a new milestone will be reached. Three new country chapters will be added: Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Peru. With this addition, the Global Privacy and Security Law treatise will cover the data protection laws of 65 countries on all continents. In addition, to the three new chapters, we are providing updates to 25 of the existing chapters.

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Sent to subscribers October 2011.

Supplement #6 includes updates to twenty one chapters. There have been changes and new rules in many countries in the Asia Pacific Region, the Americas and in Europe, the corresponding chapters have been updated to reflect these developments. In particular, the chapters of countries in the European Union have been updated to reflect the status of implementation of the 2009 Amendment to the 2002 e-Privacy Directive. Also, the chapters on the 1995, 2002, and 2006 Directives have also been revised, reorganized and supplemented with new information.

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Sent to subscribers in May 2011.

Supplement #5 includes both updates to the foundation chapters and to the country reports. The foundation chapters are updated to reflect recent changes in several areas, including the proposed overhaul of the EU privacy framework. The reports for 19 countries are updated as a result of changes or proposed changes in the national laws of these countries.

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Sent to subscribers in January 2011.

Supplement #4 provides updates to several country chapters to reflect recent developments. Chapter 9 reflects the addition of the Faroe Islands as a country that provides “adequate protection” of privacy rights and personal information. The updated country chapters include Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Malta, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and Taiwan.

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Sent to subscribers in September 2010.

Supplement #3 increases the number of countries covered in the book to 62 countries by adding two new chapters. Supplement #3 also provides updates to Chapter 2 and Chapter 5, updates on new laws and new developments in several countries, and adds a new appendix.

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Sent to subscribers in May 2010.

Supplement #2 increases the number of countries covered in the book to 60 by adding two new chapters. Supplement #2 also addresses major changes in the European Union; provides updates on new laws and new constitutional developments in several of countries; and adds a new appendix.

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