Dean's law of trade secrets and privacy / by Gordon Hughes.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2018.

3rd edition

88596

Trade secrets.

Trade secrets -- Australia.

PART 1: Trade secrets

Jurisdiction

Breach of confidence

Fiduciary relationships

Economic torts & secret information

Employee inventions

Obligations of third parties

Defence of public interest

Remedies

Restraint of trade covenants & protection of goodwill

PART 2: Privacy

Privacy

Australian and international privacy

Overview of data protection

Existing data protection laws

Australia's new privacy laws.

Dean's Law of Trade Secrets and Privacy Third Edition provides essential guidance through the law regarding personal, institutional and corporate privacy. This long-awaited new edition assists readers to better protect commercially-sensitive and private, personal information by understanding the principles of two related and changing areas of law. Protection of trade secrets is essential to business development. Similarly, protection of personal information is subject to increasingly complex privacy regulation. This work addresses the obligations in both areas, and the overlap. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition entitled "The law of trade secrets and personal secrets".

9780455500775

lxvii, 1782 pages ; 25 cm