Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age
This book examines the role of international law in securing privacy and data protection in the digital age. Driven mainly by the transnational nature of privacy threats involving private actors as well as States, calls are increasingly made for an 'international' privacy framework to meet these challenges. Mapped against a flurry of global privacy initiatives, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the extent to which and whether international law attends to the complexities of upholding digital privacy.

The book starts by exploring boundaries of international privacy law in upholding privacy and data protection in the digital ecosystem where threats to privacy are increasingly transnational, sophisticated and privatized. It then explores the potential of global privacy initiatives, namely Internet bills of rights, universalization of regional systems of data privacy protection, and the multi-level privacy discourse at the United Nations, in reimagining the normative contours of international privacy law. Having shown limitations of global privacy initiatives, the book proposes a pragmatic approach that could make international privacy law better-equipped in the digital age.
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Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age
This book examines the role of international law in securing privacy and data protection in the digital age. Driven mainly by the transnational nature of privacy threats involving private actors as well as States, calls are increasingly made for an 'international' privacy framework to meet these challenges. Mapped against a flurry of global privacy initiatives, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the extent to which and whether international law attends to the complexities of upholding digital privacy.

The book starts by exploring boundaries of international privacy law in upholding privacy and data protection in the digital ecosystem where threats to privacy are increasingly transnational, sophisticated and privatized. It then explores the potential of global privacy initiatives, namely Internet bills of rights, universalization of regional systems of data privacy protection, and the multi-level privacy discourse at the United Nations, in reimagining the normative contours of international privacy law. Having shown limitations of global privacy initiatives, the book proposes a pragmatic approach that could make international privacy law better-equipped in the digital age.
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Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

by Kinfe Yilma
Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age

by Kinfe Yilma

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This book examines the role of international law in securing privacy and data protection in the digital age. Driven mainly by the transnational nature of privacy threats involving private actors as well as States, calls are increasingly made for an 'international' privacy framework to meet these challenges. Mapped against a flurry of global privacy initiatives, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the extent to which and whether international law attends to the complexities of upholding digital privacy.

The book starts by exploring boundaries of international privacy law in upholding privacy and data protection in the digital ecosystem where threats to privacy are increasingly transnational, sophisticated and privatized. It then explores the potential of global privacy initiatives, namely Internet bills of rights, universalization of regional systems of data privacy protection, and the multi-level privacy discourse at the United Nations, in reimagining the normative contours of international privacy law. Having shown limitations of global privacy initiatives, the book proposes a pragmatic approach that could make international privacy law better-equipped in the digital age.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780192887290
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/05/2023
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 9.42(w) x 6.42(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Kinfe Yilma, Assistant Professor of Law, Addis Ababa University School of Law

Dr Kinfe Yilma is an assistant professor of law at Addis Ababa University School of Law in Ethiopia. He researches and teaches in the fields of information technology law, human rights and law reform. Dr Yilma has published extensively in his field of expertise and advises intergovernmental organizations, global civil society groups and governments on topics relating to law and technology. He holds a PhD in Law from Melbourne Law School where he was also a Teaching Fellow.

Table of Contents

1. The 'Privacy Problem' in the Digital Age2. The Reach of Human Rights Law3. Boundaries of International Data Privacy Law4. Internet Bills of Rights5. Emergent Privacy Standards6. Transnational Privacy Standards7. Virtues of Soft Legalization8. Virtues of a Dialogical ApproachSummary and Conclusion
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