Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age

An essential tool for attorneys, businesses, and public agencies that must secure personal data. Government surveillance of private citizens is challenging the limits of the law. Businesses are bound by more data security standards as ID theft soars. Globalization is triggering more privacy directives impacting U.S. multinationals. Out of all these often-intertwined laws, what privacy and data security standards do you have to satisfy? How can you comply with them and avoid sanctions and penalties? You'll get the crucial answers you need when you turn to PLI's new PROSKAUER ON PRIVACY - today's most comprehensive and current guide to privacy and data security laws in the U.S. and around the globe. Essential reading for legal and business practitioners, Proskauer on Privacy provides today's most exhaustive and up-to-date analysis of the staggering array of domestic and international privacy and data security laws governing the public and private sectors. Covering everything from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to the Fair Credit Reporting Act to the CAN-SPAM Act, PROSKAUER ON PRIVACY helps: Federal agencies satisfy provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and related law. Employers observe the privacy-related provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Website and online services comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. U.S. businesses deal effectively with Canada's complex patchwork of privacy laws. At the same time, PROSKAUER ON PRIVACY sheds light on privacy standards in Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Australia, Russia, and other nations -- privacy laws in California and other vanguard states -- the intense legal debate over warrantless wiretapping -- the payment card industry's bold data security initiatives -- and a lot more.