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The winner of the 2020 British Insurance Law Association Book
Prize, this timely, expertly written book looks at the legal impact
that the use of 'Big Data' will have on the provision - and
substantive law - of insurance. Insurance companies are set to
become some of the biggest consumers of big data which will enable
them to profile prospective individual insureds at an increasingly
granular level. More particularly, the book explores how: (i)
insurers gain access to information relevant to assessing risk
and/or the pricing of premiums; (ii) the impact which that
increased information will have on substantive insurance law (and
in particular duties of good faith disclosure and fair presentation
of risk); and (iii) the impact that insurers' new knowledge may
have on individual and group access to insurance. This raises
several consequential legal questions: (i) To what extent is the
use of big data analytics to profile risk compatible (at least in
the EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation? (ii) Does
insurers' ability to parse vast quantities of individual data about
insureds invert the information asymmetry that has historically
existed between insured and insurer such as to breathe life into
insurers' duty of good faith disclosure? And (iii) by what means
might legal challenges be brought against insurers both in relation
to the use of big data and the consequences it may have on access
to cover? Written by a leading expert in the field, this book will
both stimulate further debate and operate as a reference text for
academics and practitioners who are faced with emerging legal
problems arising from the increasing opportunities that big data
offers to the insurance industry.
As the internet has been regulated from its conception, many
widespread beliefs regarding internet freedom are actually
misconceptions. Additionally, there are already two main categories
of internet regulation systems in use: the open and the silent
IRSs. Unexpectedly, the former are quite popular among
authoritarian regimes, while the latter are implemented mainly in
Western democracies. Many IT experts and media analysts criticize
Western governments' choice to use a silent IRS, expressing their
fear that this could set a dangerous precedent for the rest of the
democratic countries around the world. New regulation systems must
be developed and implemented that are more acceptable to the
general public. Internet Censorship and Regulation Systems in
Democracies: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential
reference source that discusses the phenomenon of internet
regulation in general and the use of internet regulation systems
(IRSs) by authoritarian regimes and Western democracies and
proposes a blueprint for the development and implementation of a
fair internet regulation system (FIRS). The book also considers the
function of a fair internet regulation system in terms of
maximizing its effectiveness, keeping the implementation cost low,
and increasing the probability of acceptance by each country's
general public. Featuring research on topics such as governmental
control, online filtering, and public opinion, this book is ideally
designed for researchers, policymakers, government officials,
practitioners, academicians, and students seeking coverage on
modern internet censorship policies within various international
democracies.
This book examines how cryptocurrencies based on blockchain
technologies fit into existing general law categories of public and
private law. The book takes the common law systems of the United
Kingdom as the centre of its study but extends beyond the UK to
show how cryptocurrencies would be accommodated in some Western
European and East Asian legal systems outside the common law
tradition. By investigating traditional conceptions of money in
public law and private law the work examines the difficulties of
fitting cryptocurrencies within those approaches and models.
Fundamental questions regarding issues of ownership, transfer,
conflict of laws, and taxation are addressed with a view to
equipping the reader with the tools to answer common transactional
questions about cryptocurrencies. The international contributor
team uses the common law systems of the United Kingdom as a basis
for the analysis, but also looks comparatively to other systems
across the wider common law and civil law world to provide detailed
examination of the legal problems encountered.
Protecting the privacy of student data when bringing technology
into the classroom is one of the toughest organizational challenges
facing schools and districts today. Parent and legislator concerns
about how school systems protect the privacy of student data are at
an all-time high. School systems must navigate complex federal and
state regulations, understand how technology providers collect and
protect student data, explain those complexities to parents, and
provide the reassurance the community needs that the student
information will remain safe. Student Data Privacy: Building a
School Compliance Program provides solutions for all of these
challenges and more. It is a step-by-step journey through the
process of building the policies and practices to protect student
data, and shifting the organizational culture to prioritize privacy
while still taking advantage of the tremendous benefits that
technology has to offer in the modern classroom.
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