Kenyon Andrew T., Richardson Megan (Ed.). New Dimensions in Privacy Law: International and Comparative Perspectives

Cambridge University Press, 2006. — 308 p.This broad-ranging examination of privacy law considers the challenges faced by the law in changing technological, commercial and social environments. It encompasses three overlapping areas of analysis: privacy protection under the general law; legislative measures for data protection in digital communications networks; and the influence of transnational agreements and other pressures toward harmonised privacy standards. Leading, internationally recognised authors discuss developments across these three areas in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, APEC (the forum for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), Australia and New Zealand. Chapters draw on doctrinal and historical analysis of case law, theoretical approaches to both freedom of speech and privacy, and the interaction of law and communications technologies, in order to examine present and future challenges to law’s engagement with privacy.
Andrew T. Kenyon is the Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University ofMelbourne, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law.He researches in comparativemedia law, across topics in defamation, privacy, journalism, media regulation and copyright. These interests come together in his role as editor of the refereed international journal, the Media & Arts Law Review.
Megan Richardson is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law.Her research spans the fields of intellectual property and privacy.