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Privacy And Data Protection In Business: Laws And Practices (Sample Chapters), Jonathan I. Ezor
Privacy And Data Protection In Business: Laws And Practices (Sample Chapters), Jonathan I. Ezor
Jonathan I. Ezor
In the fields of digital privacy and data protection in the business world, effective compliance and risk management require not only knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, but at least a basic understanding of relevant technologies and the processes of the company or other organization that is collecting and/or using the personal information or monitoring behavior. This book is structured to provide a framework for law and other students to both learn the law and place it in the necessary technological and practical context, divided into topic areas such as children’s privacy, health information, governmental requirements, employee data and more. …
Thwack!! Take That, User-Generated Content!: Marvel Enterprises, Inc. V. Ncsoft Corp., Carl M. Szabo
Thwack!! Take That, User-Generated Content!: Marvel Enterprises, Inc. V. Ncsoft Corp., Carl M. Szabo
Carl M Szabo
Dear Madam or Sir: As seen in the attached note, I am to make two contributions. First, I address the issue of copyright liability of websites for infringement by the website users. A constant struggle as old as the constitution itself, the issue of copyright protection now makes its way into the virtual world of the internet. While the issue of copyright liability has been seen in hundreds of comments and notes from courts and attorneys alike, the issue of copyright liability on the internet remains an open question that if not addressed could endanger the protection afforded to authors …
Why Parties Enter Into Unfair Deals: The Resentment Factor, Justin Eugene Malbon
Why Parties Enter Into Unfair Deals: The Resentment Factor, Justin Eugene Malbon
Justin Eugene Malbon
Unfair deals are prevalent, which does not serve the interests of the harmed party to a deal nor society more generally. The law tends to focus on providing the harmed party the means for gaining compensation for unfair deals, which distracts attention away from investigating the reasons and motivations for the stronger party offering and entering into unfair deals in the first place. This article seeks to address this deficiency by proposing a theory – here coined “deal theory” – to explain “dealor” behaviors and motivations. The theory builds on insights offered by relational contract theory, the ultimatum bargaining game …