Short Comparison – Data Privacy Laws in the US vs UK

A short comparison and analysis of Data Privacy laws in the US and the UK.

DO NOT ANALYSE SAFE HARBOR

Focus partly on The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 U.S.C. §2510) and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. §1030) for the USA

Focus partly on the Data Protection Act 1998 for the UK.

You should first explain the laws in detail.

You should then compare the effectiveness of the US and UK equivalants, citing examples of when the laws where used.

You must quote and reference from this book:

Data Protection: A Practical Guide to U.K. and E.U. Law ISBN:0199563543

Maximum 1500 words.

You must use Harvard Referencing

Work must be original and not plagerised.