This Encyclopedia offers students and practitioners an up-to-date overview of developments in internet law and practice. It deals with those aspects of internet law which are of special importance in the global regulation of the internet. The book is focused around three principal themes e-commerce, intellectual property (IP), and privacy, data protection, and cyber-crime with, in addition, a major contribution on internet governance. It also includes information on areas such as data protection, privacy and electronic surveillance, cyber crime and cyber security, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution online. It has a unique glossary of technical and legal terms, and has used diagrams, illustrations, graphs, statistical data, landmark cases, and hypothetical examples to simplify the complex subject of cyber law. The book is written with the clear objective of bridging the gap between the legal fraternity and technical cyber world. It will be of immense value to the judiciary, lawyers, law firms, law libraries, legislators, investigation agencies, international organizations, industry associations, e-commerce businesses, ITES companies, IT professionals, and law students.