Harboring Data: Information Security, Law, and the Corporation

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Andrea M. Matwyshyn
Stanford University Press, Oct 6, 2009 - Law - 368 pages

As identity theft and corporate data vulnerability continue to escalate, corporations must protect both the valuable consumer data they collect and their own intangible assets. Both Congress and the states have passed laws to improve practices, but the rate of data loss persists unabated and companies remain slow to invest in information security. Engaged in a bottom-up investigation, Harboring Data reveals the emergent nature of data leakage and vulnerability, as well as some of the areas where our current regulatory frameworks fall short.

With insights from leading academics, information security professionals, and other area experts, this original work explores the business, legal, and social dynamics behind corporate information leakage and data breaches. The authors reveal common mistakes companies make, which breaches go unreported despite notification statutes, and surprising weaknesses in the federal laws that regulate financial data privacy, children's data collection, and health data privacy. This forward-looking book will be vital to meeting the increasing information security concerns that new data-intensive business models will have.

 

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Contents

introduction
3
Looking at information Security through
19
the Dual nature of information
31
information Security and Patents
64
information Security and trade Secrets
92
information Security of Health Data
103
information Security of Financial Data
121
information Security of Childrens Data
145
information Security and Contracts
159
information Security Law and Dataintensive
202
Conclusion
228
Notes
235
Bibliography
295
Index
333
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

Andrea M. Matwyshyn is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research and consulting focus on U.S. and international issues of information policy, corporate best practices, data privacy, and technology regulation.

Bibliographic information

TitleHarboring Data: Information Security, Law, and the Corporation
Stanford Law Books
EditorAndrea M. Matwyshyn
Editionillustrated
PublisherStanford University Press, 2009
ISBN0804772592, 9780804772594
Length368 pages
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Law / Corporate
  
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