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Privacy as Property
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This innovative work offers a new perspective on the established tort of misuse of private information, contending that English law has evolved a sophisticated mechanism for the protection of privacy and the protection of the economic value in private information.
Although information generally is not property, private information now appears to be treated by English law as a form of property, giving the owner of the information rights of exclusion, exploitation and transfer.
Balancing philosophical discussion of the fundamentals with a detailed analysis of the practical difficulties of "propertising" information, the books suggests that English law has evolved a powerful tool for the protection of privacy in this data-driven world.
Although information generally is not property, private information now appears to be treated by English law as a form of property, giving the owner of the information rights of exclusion, exploitation and transfer.
Balancing philosophical discussion of the fundamentals with a detailed analysis of the practical difficulties of "propertising" information, the books suggests that English law has evolved a powerful tool for the protection of privacy in this data-driven world.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Bibliography
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The New Cause of Action of Misuse of Private Information
- 3. The Nature of Information
- 4. Underpinnings and Rationale
- 5. Economic Justification for a Proprietary Regime
- 6. Private Information
- 7. Misuse: Non-State Actors
- 8. Misuse: State Actors
- 9. Undertakings, Mass Data Collection and the Protection of Privacy
- 10. Vindication
- 11. Exploitation of Private Information
- 12. Brave New World?
- Index
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