Transatlantic Data Protection in Practice

Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandDominic N. Staiger, Zurich, Switzerland

• Part 1: Introduction: Trans-Atlantic Privacy Challenges.- Characteristics of the Cloud Environment.- Functions of Technology and Law in the Context of Privacy.- Part 2: Legal and Regulatory Framework: Regulatory Concepts for Data Privacy.-  Data Privacy as Policy and Regulatory Topic in the EU.- Principles of Data Protection and Privacy in the US.- EU Data Protection Framework.- US Data Protection Framework.- International Trade Law and Privacy.- Part 3: Practical Implementation of Data Protection Environment: Industry Feedback on Data Protection and Security Challenges.- Business to Business in the Cloud.- Business to Consumer in the Cloud.-  Big Data Analytics Challenges.- Discrimination Based on Data.-  Compliance and Risk Mitigating Measures.- Ensuring Data Security.- Part 4: Outlook on Future Developments: Shaping Global Privacy.- Regulatory Efforts.- Part 5: Annexes: Comparative Table – Government Access.- Interview Summaries.