Contents;
Preface v;
Table of statutes xv;
Table of statutory instruments xxiii;
Table of European legislation xxv;
Table of conventions and other enactments xxix;
List of cases xxxi;
Chapter 1 the emerging information society;
Chapter 2 internet regulation and the rise, fall and rise of .com;
Chapter 3 Privacy, technology and the law Chapter;
4 The emergence of data protection;
Chapter 5 the scope of data protection;
Chapter 6 Supervision of data users;
Chapter 7 the data protection principles;
Chapter 8 Individual rights and remedies;
Chapter 9 Sectoral aspects of data protection;
Chapter 10 Tran’s border data flows;
Chapter 11 Emerging legal responses to computer crime;
Chapter 12 Computer fraud and the move to computer specific legislation;
Chapter 13 The Computer Misuse Act l990 Chapter;
14 Theft of information;
Chapter 15 Internet and computer pornography;
Chapter 16 Detecting and prosecuting computer crime;
Chapter 17 Intellectual property law;
Chapter 18 Key elements of the patent system;
Chapter 19 Patents and software;
Chapter 20 Copyright protection;
Chapter 21 Copyright in the information society;
Chapter 22 Protection of databases;
Chapter 23 Trade mark issues;
Chapter 24 Protection of semiconductor chip designs;
Chapter 25 Competition, standards and intellectual property;
Chapter 26 Contractual liability for defective software;
Chapter 27 Non-contractual liability;
Chapter 28 International and European initiatives;
Chapter 29 Cryptography, electronic signatures and the Electroni;
Chapter 30 Tax and the Internet ;
Chapter 31 Defamation;
Index