The text examines critical elements in the outsourcing process with emphasis on intellectual property management, data privacy, cross-border data transfer and security. In the context of security, the text examines security in the context of internal and external measures. There has been a conscious attempt to include guidelines, sample forms and precedents.

The book contains The Five Ws of IT Outsourcing (What? Why?Who?Who should outsource? Who should you outsource to?), Outsourcing, Data Protection and Corporate Compliance, Legal Issues in Outsourcing, Structuring On—Line Agreements: Contractual Closure and Indian Contract Law, Outsourcing: A Note on the Financial Services Industry, Intellectual Property Management, Offshore Contingency Planning, E-privacy and Personal Data Protection, Data Protection, Privacy and Corporate Compliance, Data Protection Activities in the Private Sector, Privacy Enhancing Technologies [PETS]: Issues In Law and Technology, Service Level Agreements, E-Governance in the Corporate Sector, Forming [Your] E-Policy Team, Conducting a Comprehensive E-Audit, Developing E-Risk Management, E-Security, and E-insurance Policies to Limit Liabilities, Crafting Effective E-Mail, Internet, and Soft-ware Policies, Establishing an Electronic Writing Policy for Employees, Getting Employees ‘On-Board’ with Your Online Policy, Responding to E-Crises and Recapping E-Policy Needs, Information Ethics, European Data Protection Law and Institutions, Data Privacy : Fundamatal Legal Concepts, Data Privacy : Jurisdiction and Applicable law, International Data Transfers, Data Privacy : Compliance Challenges and Strategies, etc. etc with more than 70 Appendices.