European Data Protection Law: Corporate Compliance and Regulation - Hardcover

[I]n a globalized world, the book can clearly be useful both to european and non-european entities...The distinguished author has fundamentally revised, updated and expanded the book...The author has expanded the chapter on international data transfers, which is of particular practical relevance. In particular, protections for transfers to third countries are explained lucidly and understandably, with particular emphasis on contractual solutions and Binding Corporate Rules...Kuner gives the practicioner valuable advice regarding notification to the data protection authorities, the processing of employee data, designing data protection-compliant web sites, data protection in corporate acquisitions, outsourcing, marketing, and data security. The comprehensive material in the appendices is also of great value for data protection practicioners...The clarity and informational content of the book have, generally speaking, increased compared with the previous edition... (Recht der Datenverarbeitung)

This book is a success in every respect. It is the first book on data protection law that is conceived on a truly European level and goes beyond local coverage to include the practices of the most important EU Member States. At the same time, it has paid off that the author, a lawyer who has worked in the field of international data protection law for many years, has drawn on his lengthy exprerience in advising corporate clients in writing this book. Thus, the book is certainly of benefit for every company that deals with data protection law in the scope of its compliance activites...Anyone who wants to get a foothold in international data protection law needs to purchase this book.

The new edition of this acclaimed book gives a fully updated overview of European data protection law affecting companies, incorporating the important legal developments which have taken place since the last edition was published. These include the first three cases of the European Court of Justice interpreting the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46), the Commission's first report on the implementation of the Directive, the Data Retention Directive, new developments in international data transfers, conflicts between security requirements and data protection, and the implementation of the Electronic Communications and Privacy Directive 2002/58 in the Member States. It also covers the recent European Court of Justice decision on the controversial export of airline passenger data to the US, and expands its European overview to include the new and acceding Member States.

The book contains comprehensive coverage of data protection law, while at the same time providing pragmatic guidance on the typical compliance issues that companies face. As globalization of the world economy continues, an increasing number of business issues with data protection implications have come to the foreground, for example, outsourcing, whistleblower hotlines and records management, all of which are covered in the book. The appendices have been expanded to include most sources which a company will need, such as the texts of relevant directives, the safe harbor principles and FAQs, and charts of implementation in the Member States of specific provisions of interest to business. Thus, the book is a single reference source for companies faced with data protection issues.

A Chinese edition of the book was published in 2008, making it the first in-depth treatise on European data protection law published in Chinese.