Title: Information technology law /
Authors: Rowland, Diane,; Kohl, Uta,; Charlesworth, Andrew, 1966-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Computers Law and legislation Great Britain.; Internet Law and legislation Great Britain.; Data protection Law and legislation Great Britain; Electronic commerce Law and legislation Great Britain; Copyright Computer programs Great Britain.; Computer software Law and legislation Great Britain.; Information technology Great Britain; Computer software Law and legislation; Computers Law and legislation; Copyright Computer programs; Data protection Law and legislation; Electronic commerce Law and legislation; Information technology; Internet Law and legislation; Great Britain
Abstract: "The fifth edition of [this title is an...] analysis of and commentary on the latest developments within this burgeoning field of law...The contents have been restructured and the reordering of the chapters provides a coherent flow to the subject matter. Criminal law issues are now dealt with in two separate chapters to enable a more focused approach to content crime. The new edition contains both a significant amount of incremental change as well as substantial new material and, where possible, case studies have been used to illustrate significant issues. In particular, new additions include: social media and the criminal law; the impact of the decision in Google Spain and the ‘right to be forgotten’; the Schrems case and the demise of the Safe Harbour agreement; the judicial reassessment of the proportionality of ICT surveillance powers within the UK and EU post the Madrid bombings; and the expansion of the ICANN gTLDs and the redesigned domain name registration and dispute resolution processes."--
Contents: Regulating information technologies -- Regulatory competence over the Internet -- Intermediaries within online regulation -- Copyright and the Internet -- Domain names -- Electronic commerce -- Cybercrime : fraud and computer misuse -- Content crimes -- Privacy and data protection -- Surveillance, data retention, and encryption -- Intellectual property rights in software -- Software licences, free and open source licensing (F/OSS), and "software as a service" (SaaS).