Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law

Values, Norms and Global Politics

Research Handbooks in Information Law series

Edited by Gloria González Fuster, Research Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium and Co-Director of VUB's Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Research Group, Rosamunde Van Brakel, Associate Professor, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Assistant Professor, VUB, Belgium and Paul De Hert, Professor, VUB, Belgium and Associate Professor, TILT, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

This Research Handbook is an insightful overview of the key rules, concepts and tensions in privacy and data protection law. It highlights the increasing global significance of this area of law, illustrating the many complexities in the field through a blend of theoretical and empirical perspectives.

‘The editors, three leaders in the field, have structured this Research Handbook well, starting with a global survey of developments in key regions. The relationships between data protection and other disciplines (or other branches of law) continue this comprehensive approach. Finally, issues concerning key types of personal data, or situations of their use, are highlighted. Many chapter contributors are well known leaders in the field, and the others are emerging scholars expert in the cutting-edge issues that they cover.’
– Graham Greenleaf, University of New South Wales, Australia