Cyberlaw is everywhere: the intersection of law and technology. Law in the United States has been evolving over hundreds of years and is now intertwined with technology, computers, the internet, and information systems. Cyberlaw affects everything people and organizations do, in their traditional and digital spaces.
Existing law gets applied to the new circumstances technology brings, and new laws are created to fill gaps and address issues such as cybercrime, cybersecurity, and privacy. Cybercrime is rampant and allows theft from thousands of miles away. Privacy is a critical concern as data about us and our habits is collected, sold, and used.
Cyberconflict occurs as nation states use cyberspace to probe, attack, undermine, and defend against others.
Cyberspace provides a global method for speech, expression, and persuasion or manipulation. It influences what we view, click, buy, think and do.
Cyber issues penetrate every aspect of our lives, society, and our system of government and democracy. To understand them we first we need to understand the related law, which this book explores comprehensively.
This book is for anyone who wants to learn about cyberlaw. It is well organized and modular, suitable for reading cover-to-cover, or finding the chapters and sections relevant to your learning. It is well suited as a coursebook, built based on years of teaching. It is layered, first breaking complexities into their simplest parts, then adds detail, and then provides extensive additional references.
Part 1 provides a cyberlaw learning mindset and introduces cyberlaw. Part 2 introduces law in the U.S., examining where it comes from, our legal system, the Constitution, criminal law, and civil law. Part 3 discusses cyberspace, cybercrime, technology, cybersecurity, and how we apply law to these newish situations. Part 4 is on cybercrime, discussing the Western Express cybercrime case and relevant criminals laws, money laundering, and virtual currency. Part 5 is how cyberlaw applies to traditional areas of civil law such as torts, contract, and intellectual property. Part 6 covers data law, including breach notification, cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence. Part 7 is international cyber conflict. Part 8 is cyber speech. Part 9 is cyberlaw considerations for organizations, including management, compliance, and cybersecurity frameworks, applying the Five Components for Policy Work. Part 10 is the appendix which includes a conclusion, glossary, and index.
