Data Protection Law, Approaching Its Rationale, Logic and Limits

Preface. Abbreviations. Table of Statutes and Conventions. Table of Cases. 1. Introduction. Part I: Overview of Data Protection Laws. 2. Aims and Scope of Data Protection Laws. 3. Core Principles of Data Protection Laws. 4. Monitoring, Supervisory and Enforcement Regimes. 5. Concluding Observations for Part I. Part II: Origins, Rationale and Character of Data Protection Laws. 6. Catalysts for Emergence of Data Protection Laws. 7. Values and Interests Safeguarded by Data Protection Laws. 8. Concluding Observations for Part II. Part III: Data Protection Rights for Private Collective Entities. 9. Background to Issue. 10. Existing Safeguards for Data on Collective Entities Pursuant to Data Protection Laws. 11. Consequences of Protecting Data on Collective Entities. 12. Data Protection Interests of Collective Entities. 13. Social, Economic and Political Factors. 14. Legal Factors. 15. Protection for Data on Non-organised Collective Entities. 16. Concluding Observations for Part III. Part IV: Profiling -- Regulation by Data Protection Laws. 17. Profiling as Practice and Problem. 18. Regulation of Profiling. 19. Concluding Remarks on Part IV. 20. Conclusion. Select Bibliography. Index.