Now in its third edition, this invaluable handbook offers practical solutions to issues arising in relation to data protection law. It is fully updated and expanded to include coverage of all of the significant developments in the practice of data protection, and takes account of the wealth of guidance published by the Information Commissioner since the last edition. The third edition includes new material on the changes to the Commissioner's powers and new guidance from the Commissioner's office, coverage of new cases on peripheral aspects of data protection compliance and examples of enforcement, the new code on CCTV processing, the new employment code, clarification on the definition of "personal data", the binding corporate rules on the exemption to the export data ban and the new ICT set of model contractual provisions for data exports, and the proposed action by the EU against the UK for failing to implement the Data Protection Directive appropriately.

1. HISTORY OF DATA PROTECTION AND INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGISLATION 2. TERMINOLOGY 3. NOTIFICATION 4. DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES 5. FAIR, LAWFUL AND LEGITIMATE PROCESSING 6. SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA 7. DATA SECURITY 8. DATA EXPORTS 9. THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS 10. EXEMPTIONS 11. ENFORCEMENT 12. CRIMINAL OFFENCES 13. OUTSOURCING PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING 14. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 15. CCTV Appendix 1: Directive 95/46/EC: the Data Protection Directive Appendix 2: Data Protection Act 1998 Appendix 3: Statutory Instruments Appendix 4: Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications Appendix 5: The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2426) Appendix 6: US Safe Harbor Principles Appendix 7: European Data Protection Authorities Appendix 8: Addresses and Websites

Peter Carey , Senior Consultant with PDP, and Consultant with Charles Russell, London

`Review from previous edition Peter Carey is not afraid to deal with the complexity of real life scenarios...Another excellent section is that on employment-related data...Marketing is also dealt with in a very useful manner...His section on privacy and websites is also extremely useful...Carey makes his book easy to understand without requiring his non-EU based readers to do any additional research...Carey also has a gift for knowing what information is required at what time...this book was a rare academic pleasure to read. ' CTLR