The right to privacy in the light of media convergence: perspectives from three continents

The rapid change of the culture of communication constantly poses new threats for the right to privacy. These do not only emanate from States, but also from private actors. The global network of digital information has turned the protection of privacy since a long time into an international challenge. In this arena, national legal systems and their underlying common values collide. This collection convenes contributions from European, Australian and US experts. They take on the challenge of providing an intercontinental analysis of the issue and answer the question how the right to privacy cou

Front matter --; Table of Contents --; About the authors --; Protecting Privacy in a Digital Age /; Is The Right to Privacy Real? /; Taking Privacy Seriously under the Fourth Amendment /; Privacy Rights: The Virtue of Protecting False Reputations /; Politics, Privacy and the Public Interest: A Case Study from Australia /; Privacy and Press Intrusions: New Media, Old Law /; A Never Ending Story: Caroline v. Germany /; The French Privacy Law /; Arrest Records and the Right to Know /; Using Open Government to Gain a Competitive Edge /; Gain-Based Relief for Invasion of Privacy /; Breach of Confidence Claims under English and European Private International Law /; "Confidence-Plus" and Human Rights /; How should an Australian Statutory Cause of Action Protecting Privacy be framed? /; Tort Privacy and Free Speech /; Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Online Privacy /; Net Negligence /; Digital Eternity or Digital Oblivion /; Secrecy, Privacy, Publicity, Transparency /; Data Protection - is there a bridge across the Atlantic? /; European Information Systems and Data Protection as Elements of the European Administrative Union / / Weaver, Russell L. / Partlett, David F. / Cole, Mark D. --; Loewy, Arnold H. --; Bradley, Craig M. --; Humbach, John A. --; Rolph, David --; Mills, Jon L. --; Dörr, Dieter / Aernecke, Eva --; Mbongo, Pascal --; Etienne, Margareth --; Cheesbro, Benjamin W. --; Harder, Sirko --; Oster, Jan --; Tettenborn, Andrew --; Witzleb, Normann --; Richards, Neil M. --; Hetcher, Steven --; Cardi, W. Jonathan --; Lindsay, David --; Keber, Tobias O. --; Schiedermair, Stephanie --; Schneider, Jens-Peter