TY - JOUR AU1 - Zalnieriute, Monika AB - International Data Privacy Law, 2013, Vol. 3, No. 3 BOOK REVIEW 215 Book Review Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha, Market Integration Through Data Protection: An Analysis of the Insurance and Financial Industries in the EU, Springer, 2013, 225 pp, ISBN 9789400725430 Monika Zalnieriute Over the past few decades, the continuous development sensitive data. He claims that the use of particularly sen- of information technologies, rapid advancement of bio- sitive data, such as genetic data, has increased in recent medicine and the formation of new economic blocs years and has become the norm in the insurance sector. around the globe have redefined the relations among However, it has not received the ‘necessary attention states, private actors, and individuals. In this ever-trans- from the European regulator and, as a consequence, has forming frame, Market Integration Through Data Protec- not been properly regulated’ (p. 79). According to tion provides a valuable perspective on the position that Cunha, the processing of genetic data should be forbid- data protection occupies in the process of market inte- den altogether, save under very exceptional circum- gration. Focusing specifically on financial and insurance stances related to life insurance and in combination with sectors, the book analyses the TI - Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha, Market Integration Through Data Protection: An Analysis of the Insurance and Financial Industries in the EU, Springer, 2013, 225 pp, ISBN 9789400725430 JF - International Data Privacy Law DO - 10.1093/idpl/ipt008 DA - 2013-08-14 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/mario-viola-de-azevedo-cunha-market-integration-through-data-UO3pm53DaC SP - 215 EP - 216 VL - 3 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -