Perspectives on Privacy: Increasing Regulation in the USA, Canada, Australia and European Countries

by Russell L. Weaver (Editor)

Due to rapid developments in the communication sector, the right to privacy faces new challenges. The increasing digitization and internationalization of communication processes have raised a number of issues, and lead to conflicts wherever national legal systems and moral concepts collide. This title contributes to the international dialogue and offers a starting point for a sustainable policy for the protection of privacy rights.

178 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Professor Russell L. Weaver graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1978. He was a member of the Missouri Law Review, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Judge Roy Harper Prize. After law school, Professor Weaver was associated with Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C.