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Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age (Corporate and Securities Law Library)

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This book is well over 1,000 pages yet it only manages to provide an overview of privacy law. There is just way too much material that falls under the banner of `Privacy' in order for a single volume book to provide any in-depth analysis.

So, this book provides a summary of the law in many different areas including: Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, FISA, EU Privacy Directive, and Payment Cards.

But analysis is sorely lacking. For example, any American company with employees in Europe will struggle with transferring personal data to the US. Yet, the discussion of the Safe Harbor two pages long.

And I'm a bit puzzled by the focus given to Canadian law. There are 300 pages devoted to Canada. Yet, "International Privacy Law" and "State Privacy Law" is given a total of 120 pages. It would seem that most people are going to have more extensive interests in Europe and the various states rather than Canada.

When I bought this book, I got a great price. But it is now selling at $275. Would I recommend it for $275? Well, it does give a nice "galactic" overview. But, if you want to "drill down" and resolve thorny issues, you won't find much help.