Data protection law in the EU : roles, responsibilities and liability / Brendan Van Alsenoy.

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia, [2019]

xxv, 694 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law series.

Practically every organisation in the world processes personal data. European data protection law imposes a series of requirements designed to protect individuals against the risks that result from the processing of their data. It also distinguishes among different types of actors involved in the processing and sets out different obligations for each type of actor. The most important distinction in this regard is the distinction between 'controllers' and 'processors'. This book seeks to determine whether EU data protection law should continue to maintain its current distinction.

"The contents of this book are based on the contents of my doctoral thesis entitled 'Regulating data protection: the allocation of responsibility and risk among actors involved in personal data processing', defended at the Law Faculty of KU Leuven on 30 August 2016." -- page vii.
Practically every organisation in the world processes personal data. European data protection law imposes a series of requirements designed to protect individuals against the risks that result from the processing of their data. It also distinguishes among different types of actors involved in the processing and sets out different obligations for each type of actor. The most important distinction in this regard is the distinction between 'controllers' and 'processors'. This book seeks to determine whether EU data protection law should continue to maintain its current distinction.

Includes bibliographical references.

KJE1626 .V36 2019

English

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