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11	Comparative data protection and security : a critical evaluation of legal standards London, Ray William 09 1900 (has links) This study1 addresses the key information technology issues of the age and its unintended consequences. The issues include social control by businesses, governments, and information age Star Chambers. The study focuses on a comparative analysis of data protection, data security, and information privacy (DPSIP) laws, regulations, and practices in five countries. The countries include Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The study addresses relevant international legal standards and justifications. This multidisciplinary analysis includes a systems thinking approach from a legal, business, governmental, policy, political theory, psychosocial, and psychological perspective. The study implements a comparative law and sociolegal research strategy. Historic, linguistic, and statistical strategies are applied. The study concludes with a next step proposal, based on the research, for the international community, the five countries in the study, and specifically, South Africa as it has yet to enact a sound DPSIP approach. / LL. D. Australia data protection Canada data protection Data protection Data security Information privacy Information privacy laws Information technology International data Protection legal standards Social control Sciolegal information privacy, South Africa data protection United Kingdom United States information protection 342.858068 Data protection -- Law and legislation Computer security -- Government policy

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Comparative data protection and security : a critical evaluation of legal standards