Table of Contents

PART 1 - PRIVACY, ANONYMITY, AND DATA PROTECTION ; 1. Privacy, technology, and surveillance ; 2. The emergence of data protection ; 3. The scope of data protection ; 4. Supervisory agencies ; 5. The data protection principles ; 6. Individual rights and remedies ; 7. Sectoral aspects of data protection ; 8. Transborder data flows ; PART 2 - COMPUTER-RELATED CRIME ; 9. The phenomenon of computer-related crime ; 10. Legislating for computer crime ; 11. Computer forgery and fraud ; 12. The Internet and computer pornography ; 13. Detecting and prosecuting computer crime ; PART 3 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES ; 14. Intellectual property law ; 15. Key elements of the patent system ; 16. Patents and software ; 17. Copyright protection ; 18. Copyright in the information economy ; 19. Protection of databases ; 20. Trade mark and domain name issues ; 21. Competition and intellectual property issues ; PART 4 - E-COMMERCE ; 22. International and European initiatives in e-commerce ; 23. Cryptography, electronic signatures, and the Electronic Communications Act 2000 ; PART 5 - LEGAL ISSUES OF THE INTERNET ; 24. Contractual liability for defective software ; 25. Non-contractual liability ; 26. Defamation and the Internet ; PART 6 - REGULATION OF THE INTERNET ; 27. Internet regulation and the rise, fall and rise of .com ; PART 7 - LIVING IN AN INTERNET WORLD ; EPILOGUE: IT LAW - PAST, PRESENT, AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

PART 1 - PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION; 1. Privacy, technology, and surveillance; 2. The emergence of data protection; 3. The scope of data protection; 4. Supervisory agencies; 5. The data protection principles; 6. Individual rights and remedies; 7. Sectoral aspects of data protection; 8. Transborder data flows; PART 2 - COMPUTER-RELATED CRIME; 9. The phenomenon of computer-related crime; 10. Legislating for computer crime; 11. Computer forgery and fraud; 12. The Internet and computer pornography; 13. Detecting and prosecuting computer crime; PART 3 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES; 14. Intellectual property law; 15. Key elements of the patent system; 16. Patents and software; 17. Copyright protection; 18. Copyright in the information society; 19. Protection of databases; 20. Trade mark and domain name issues; 21. Competition and intellectual property issues; PART 4 - E-COMMERCE; 22. International and European initiatives in e-commerce; 23. Cryptography, electronic signatures, and the Electronic Communications Act 2000; PART 5 - CIVIL LIABILITY ISSUES; 24. Contractual liability for defective software; 25. Non-contractual liability; 26. Defamation and the Internet; PART 6 - INTERNET GOVERNMENT; 27. Internet regulation and the rise, fall and rise of .com; PART 7 - LIVING IN AN INTERNET WORLD; 28. Living in an Internet World

About the Author

Professor Ian J. Lloyd is Professor of Information Technology Law at the University of Strathclyde. He has published widely on various topics related to the use and misuse of information technology, and is managing editor of the International Journal of Law and Information Technology published by Oxford University Press. He is also a member of the European Commission Legal Advisory Board.