The rapid development of information technology has exacerbated the need for robust personal data protection, the right to which is safeguarded by both European

Part I Setting the scene -- Introduction: Individual rights, the public interest and biobank research 4000 (8) -- Genetic data and privacy protection -- Part II

Prominent privacy law experts, regulators and academics examine contemporary legal approaches to privacy from a comparative perspective.

This book identifies and explains the different national approaches to data protection – the legal regulation of the collection, storage, transmission and use