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Privacy as Property

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Privacy as Property

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Description

This innovative work offers a truly new way of considering private information.

It argues that, although information is not property, private property can be seen as such, allowing data protection laws to apply. Balancing philosophical discussion with technical examination, the author, a recognised expert in the field, offers a thought-provoking model for the treatment of private information.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE NEW CAUSE OF ACTION OF MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION
III. THE NATURE OF INFORMATION
IV. UNDERPINNINGS AND RATIONALE
V. ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR A PROPRIETARY REGIME
VI. PRIVATE INFORMATION
VII. MISUSE: NON-STATE ACTORS
VIII. MISUSE: STATE ACTORS
IX. UNDERTAKINGS, MASS DATA COLLECTION AND THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY
X. BRINGING THE CLAIM
XI. EXPLOITATION OF PRIVATE INFORMATION
XII. PRIVACY AND INFORMATION IN THE NEW WORLD

Product details

Published Feb 05 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781509987399
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Marcus Smith

Sir Marcus Smith was called to the Bar in 1991 and…

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