Information Privacy Law, now in its Third Edition, continues to present groundbreaking cases and cutting-edge issues, along with informative discussion and concise introductions for each area of privacy law. A conceptual framework brings logic and clarity to this wide-ranging field. Stimulating questions fuel classroom debate.

This book examines and compares several types of methods available for the protection of investment in database creation (intellectual property, unfair competition, contract and technological protection measures) in order to find an adequate type and level of protection. To this effect, the author uses a criterion based on a combination of the economics of information goods, the human rights to intellectual property and to information and the public interest, proposing a model that can be adopted at international and national levels.