Law and information

Authors

  • César Iglesias-Rebollo El profesional de la información

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.sep.01

Keywords:

Law, Information, Regulation, Privacy, State´s secrets, Right to be forgotten, Personal data protection, Trade secrets, Health information, Copyright, Creative commons, Orphan works, Digital gap, Documentary heritage, Patents, Open access, Open data.

Abstract

Law and Information are two concepts that need each other, although the complexity of their relationship is not always fully understood. We propose an overview of the main areas where this relationship is more intimate and fundamental. To make this overview more comprehensive we will focus on the three functions that Law can exercise over Information: hide, preserve and share. All topics discussed are highly related and the discussion of one has to take into account the other. The good news is that Law has been responding to the needs of the society due to the challenges posed by technological and social changes for millenia and it has the tools to do it again. For this, legal practitioners need the support of information professionals to guide them through all the new phenomena arising from digital information.

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Published

2012-09-25

How to Cite

Iglesias-Rebollo, C. (2012). Law and information. Profesional De La información, 21(5), 449–452. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.sep.01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 5 (2012): Información y derecho

Section

Editorial

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