Understanding Cybersecurity Law and Digital Privacy: A Common Law Perspective

Chapter 1. Legal Foundations.- Chapter 2. Property and Privacy in Context.- Chapter 3. Cybersecurity and Cybercrimes.- Chapter 4. Global Relevance.- Chapter 5. Emerging Issues.

Arash Habibi Lashkari is a senior member of the IEEE, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick (UNB), and the Research Coordinator of the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC). Dr. Lashkari has over 20 years of teaching experience, spanning several international universities, and has been the recipient of 15 awards at international computer security competitions - including three gold awards. In 2017, he was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 150 researchers who will shape the future of Canada. In 2020, Dr. Lashkari was recognized with the University of New Brunswick’s prestigious Teaching Innovation Award for his personally created teaching methodology, the Think-Que-Cussion Method. He is the author of ten published books and more than 90 academic papers on various cybersecurity-related topics. He is the founder of the Understanding Cybersecurity Series, which is an ongoing five-year research and development project, to culminate with a varied collection of online articles, published books, open-source packages, and datasets tailored for researchers and readers at all levels.

Melissa Lukings is a Juris Doctor (JD) candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick (Canada), a former graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics, and an intersectional research assistant with a background in social justice, grassroots organization, data privacy and cybersecurity law. Melissa Lukings is currently working on a handful of research projects covering a wide variety of topics, ranging from cybersecurity and privacy law to legal reform and access to justice within the Canadian judicial system.