Information technology law / Ian J. Lloyd, Senior Specialist, HSU, National Research University, Russian Federation and Visiting Professor, Open University of Tanzania.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Privacy, technology, and surveillance -- The esergence of data protection -- The scope of data protection -- Supervisory agencies -- The data protection priniciples -- Individual rights and remedies -- Sectoral aspects of data protection -- Transborder data flows -- National and international responses to computer-related crime -- Substantive criminal law provisions -- Computer fraud and forgery -- Virtual criminality -- Detecting and prosecuting computer crime -- Key elements of the patent system -- Patents -- Copyright protection -- Enforcement issues -- Protection of databases -- Design rights -- Trade mark and domain-name issues -- Internet regulation and domain names -- International and European initiatives in e-commerce -- Electronic money -- Contractual liability for defective software.