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Digital identity, an emergent legal concept the role and legal nature of digital identity in commercial transactions /

This is the first full-length study that recognises and discusses digital identity in a transactional context under a national identity scheme. It contrasts the right to identity to the right to privacy in the context of a national identity scheme, and defines identity theft and its consequences. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Clare
Autor Corporativo: University of Adelaide Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Digital identity
  • introduction
  • Genesis of this book
  • The importance of identity
  • Approach of this book
  • Structure of this book and chapter synopsis
  • 2. Digital identity
  • a new legal concept
  • Central argument
  • Registered digital identity in the United Kingdom
  • The relationship between transaction identity and database identity in the United Kingdom
  • Distinguishing Solove's 'digital person'
  • Digital identity in Australia
  • 3. Digital identity
  • the nature of the concept
  • Registered digital identity
  • The role and nature of transaction identity
  • Is transaction identity the legal person?
  • Transaction identity is the legal person
  • 4. Digital identity
  • inherent vulnerabilities
  • The fallibilities of the identifying information
  • 5. Digital identity
  • consequential individual rights
  • Identity distinguished from privacy
  • The right to identity under the scheme
  • An express right to identity
  • Right to identity under European human rights law
  • The protection provided by the right to privacy
  • 6. Digital identity
  • protection
  • The wrong and the harm caused by misuse of transaction identity
  • Identity theft distinguished from identity fraud
  • Is identity theft really theft?
  • Identity theft is theft
  • Criminal damage
  • 7. Digital identity
  • conclusion
  • A new concept of identity and a new perspective
  • 'Tomorrow is nearer than you think'
  • 8. Bibliography
  • Articles/books/reports
  • Case law
  • Legislation and bills
  • Treaties
  • Other sources
  • 9. Index.