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New Technology, Big Data and the Law

  • Provides innovative legal tips for leveraging the potential of cutting-edge information technologies
  • Presents a fresh interdisciplinary approach that blends theoretical insights and practical legal expertise from a multi-jurisdictional perspective (USA, Japan, and the EU)
  • Discusses various fields of law relevant to innovation and cross-cutting IT technologies including privacy, data protection, data security, e-commerce and criminal law
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation (PLBI)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Disruptive Technologies Shaping the Law of the Future

    • Marcelo Corrales, Mark Fenwick, Nikolaus Forgó
    Pages 1-14
  3. Purpose and Limitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. The Principle of Purpose Limitation and Big Data

      • Nikolaus Forgó, Stefanie Hänold, Benjamin Schütze
      Pages 17-42
    3. Internet of Things: Right to Data from a European Perspective

      • Christine Storr, Pam Storr
      Pages 65-96
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 327-330

About this book

This edited collection brings together a series of interdisciplinary contributions in the field of Information Technology Law. The topics addressed in this book cover a wide range of theoretical and practical legal issues that have been created by cutting-edge Internet technologies, primarily Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Cloud computing. Consideration is also given to more recent technological breakthroughs that are now used to assist, and — at times — substitute for, human work, such as automation, robots, sensors, and algorithms. 


The chapters presented in this edition address these issues from the perspective of different legal backgrounds. The first part of the book discusses some of the shortcomings that have prompted legislators to carry out reforms with regard to privacy, data protection, and data security. Notably, some of the complexities and salient points with regard to the new European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)and the new amendments to the Japan’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) have been scrutinized. 


The second part looks at the vital role of Internet intermediaries (or brokers) for the proper functioning of the globalized electronic market and innovation technologies in general. The third part examines an electronic approach to evidence with an evaluation of how these technologies affect civil and criminal investigations. The authors also explore issues that have emerged in e-commerce, such as Bitcoin and its blockchain network effects. 


The book aims to explain, systemize and solve some of the lingering legal questions created by the disruptive technological change that characterizes the early twenty-first century.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Japan

    Marcelo Corrales

  • Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Mark Fenwick

  • Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Nikolaus Forgó

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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