The Politics Of Personal Information

Author : Larry Frohman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789209471

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The Politics of Personal Information by Larry Frohman Pdf

In the 1970s and 1980s West Germany was a pioneer in both the use of the new information technologies for population surveillance and the adoption of privacy protection legislation. During this era of cultural change and political polarization, the expansion, bureaucratization, and computerization of population surveillance disrupted the norms that had governed the exchange and use of personal information in earlier decades and gave rise to a set of distinctly postindustrial social conflicts centered on the use of personal information as a means of social governance in the welfare state. Combining vast archival research with a groundbreaking theoretical analysis, this book gives a definitive account of the politics of personal information in West Germany at the dawn of the information society.

Author : James B. Rule
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951001152291L

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The Politics of Privacy by James B. Rule Pdf

Author : Anaïs Angelo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000432688

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The Politics of Biography in Africa by Anaïs Angelo Pdf

Bringing together historians, political scientists, and literary analysts, this volume shows how biographical narratives can shed light on alternative, little known or under-researched aspects of state power in African politics. Part 1 shows how biographical narratives breathe new life into subjects who, upon decolonization, had been reduced to silence - women, workers, and radical politicians. The contributors analyze the complex relationship between biographical narratives and power, questioning either the power of biographical codes peculiar to western, colonial origins, or the power to shape public memory. Part 2 reflects on the act of (auto-)biography writing as an exercise of power, one that blurs the lines between truth and invention. (Auto-)biographical narratives appear as politicized, ambiguous stories. Part 3 focuses on female leadership during and after colonization, exploring on how women gained, lost, or reinvented "power". Brought together, the contributions of this volume show that the function of biographical narratives should no longer oscillate between romanticized narratives and historical evidence; their varied formats all offer fruitful opportunities for a multidisciplinary dialogue. This book will be of interest to scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds working on the African postcolonial state, the decolonization process, women’s and gender studies, and biography writing.

Author : Colin J. Bennett,Charles D. Raab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351775472

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The Governance of Privacy by Colin J. Bennett,Charles D. Raab Pdf

This book was published in 2003.This book offers a broad and incisive analysis of the governance of privacy protection with regard to personal information in contemporary advanced industrial states. Based on research across many countries, it discusses the goals of privacy protection policy and the changing discourse surrounding the privacy issue, concerning risk, trust and social values. It analyzes at length the contemporary policy instruments that together comprise the inventory of possible solutions to the problem of privacy protection. It argues that privacy protection depends upon an integration of these instruments, but that any country's efforts are inescapably linked with the actions of others that operate outside its borders. The book concludes that, in a ’globalizing’ world, this regulatory interdependence could lead either to a search for the highest possible standard of privacy protection, or to competitive deregulation, or to a more complex outcome reflecting the nature of the issue and its policy responses.

Author : Gallagher Bradwell,Peter Bradwell,Niamh Gallagher,Demos (Organization : London, England)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-12
Category : Data protection
ISBN : 1841801917

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Fyi by Gallagher Bradwell,Peter Bradwell,Niamh Gallagher,Demos (Organization : London, England) Pdf

Author : Normann Witzleb,Moira Paterson,Janice Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000747393

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Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law by Normann Witzleb,Moira Paterson,Janice Richardson Pdf

In this multidisciplinary book, experts from around the globe examine how data-driven political campaigning works, what challenges it poses for personal privacy and democracy, and how emerging practices should be regulated. The rise of big data analytics in the political process has triggered official investigations in many countries around the world, and become the subject of broad and intense debate. Political parties increasingly rely on data analytics to profile the electorate and to target specific voter groups with individualised messages based on their demographic attributes. Political micro-targeting has become a major factor in modern campaigning, because of its potential to influence opinions, to mobilise supporters and to get out votes. The book explores the legal, philosophical and political dimensions of big data analytics in the electoral process. It demonstrates that the unregulated use of big personal data for political purposes not only infringes voters’ privacy rights, but also has the potential to jeopardise the future of the democratic process, and proposes reforms to address the key regulatory and ethical questions arising from the mining, use and storage of massive amounts of voter data. Providing an interdisciplinary assessment of the use and regulation of big data in the political process, this book will appeal to scholars from law, political science, political philosophy and media studies, policy makers and anyone who cares about democracy in the age of data-driven political campaigning.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599048062

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Computer Security, Privacy, and Politics by Anonim Pdf

"This book offers a review of recent developments of computer security, focusing on the relevance and implications of global privacy, law, and politics for society, individuals, and corporations.It compiles timely content on such topics as reverse engineering of software, understanding emerging computer exploits, emerging lawsuits and cases, global and societal implications, and protection from attacks on privacy"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Andrea Monti,Raymond Wacks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509924868

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Protecting Personal Information by Andrea Monti,Raymond Wacks Pdf

The concept of privacy has long been confused and incoherent. The right to privacy has been applied promiscuously to an alarmingly wide-ranging assortment of issues including free speech, political consent, abortion, contraception, sexual preference, noise, discrimination, and pornography. The conventional definition of privacy, and attempts to evolve a 'privacy-as-a-fence' approach, are unable to deal effectively with the technological advances that have significantly altered the way information is collected, stored, and communicated. Social media such as Facebook pose searching questions about the use and protection of personal information and reveal the limits of conceiving the right to privacy as synonymous with data protection. The recent European Union's GDPR seeks to enforce greater protection of personal information, but the overlap with privacy has further obscured its core meaning. This book traces these troubling developments, and seeks to reveal the essential nature of privacy and, critically, what privacy is not.

Author : Richard V. Ericson,Kevin D. Haggerty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780802048783

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The New Politics of Surveillance and Visibility by Richard V. Ericson,Kevin D. Haggerty Pdf

Since the terrorist attacks of September 2001, surveillance has been put forward as the essential tool for the ?war on terror,? with new technologies and policies offering police and military operatives enhanced opportunities for monitoring suspect populations. The last few years have also seen the public?s consumer tastes become increasingly codified, with ?data mines? of demographic information such as postal codes and purchasing records. Additionally, surveillance has become a form of entertainment, with ?reality? shows becoming the dominant genre on network and cable television. In The New Politics of Surveillance and Visibility, editors Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Ericson bring together leading experts to analyse how society is organized through surveillance systems, technologies, and practices. They demonstrate how the new political uses of surveillance make visible that which was previously unknown, blur the boundaries between public and private, rewrite the norms of privacy, create new forms of inclusion and exclusion, and alter processes of democratic accountability. This collection challenges conventional wisdom and advances new theoretical approaches through a series of studies of surveillance in policing, the military, commercial enterprises, mass media, and health sciences.

Author : Oscar H. Gandy,Oscar H. Gandy Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780197579411

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The Panoptic Sort by Oscar H. Gandy,Oscar H. Gandy Jr. Pdf

Originally published by Westview in 1993.

Author : Colin J. Bennett,Rebecca A. Grant,Colin John Bennett
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0802080502

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Visions of Privacy by Colin J. Bennett,Rebecca A. Grant,Colin John Bennett Pdf

Experts from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, explore five potential paths to privacy protection.

Author : Elia Zureik,Lynda Harling Stalker,Emily Smith
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773591042

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Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information by Elia Zureik,Lynda Harling Stalker,Emily Smith Pdf

Covering a range of countries from China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico to the United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Hungary, this volume reveals the similarities and differences among populations in their reactions to the surveillance era and in the amount each knows about government monitoring. Topics deal with pertinent issues such as global, national, and local transfer of personal information about citizens' financial transactions, work, and travel. The authors also analyse the collaboration of government and the private sector in the collection and transfer of private information. A remarkable resource in understanding attitudes towards surveillance, security, and privacy, Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information is indispensable for anyone curious about what governments, the private sector, and citizens know about each other.

Author : Torin Monahan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415953931

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Surveillance and Security by Torin Monahan Pdf

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Privacy in the Information Age
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780309103923

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Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Privacy in the Information Age Pdf

Privacy is a growing concern in the United States and around the world. The spread of the Internet and the seemingly boundaryless options for collecting, saving, sharing, and comparing information trigger consumer worries. Online practices of business and government agencies may present new ways to compromise privacy, and e-commerce and technologies that make a wide range of personal information available to anyone with a Web browser only begin to hint at the possibilities for inappropriate or unwarranted intrusion into our personal lives. Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of privacy in the information age. It explores such important concepts as how the threats to privacy evolving, how can privacy be protected and how society can balance the interests of individuals, businesses and government in ways that promote privacy reasonably and effectively? This book seeks to raise awareness of the web of connectedness among the actions one takes and the privacy policies that are enacted, and provides a variety of tools and concepts with which debates over privacy can be more fruitfully engaged. Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age focuses on three major components affecting notions, perceptions, and expectations of privacy: technological change, societal shifts, and circumstantial discontinuities. This book will be of special interest to anyone interested in understanding why privacy issues are often so intractable.

Author : Reg Whitaker,Reginald Whitaker
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781459604209

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The End of Privacy by Reg Whitaker,Reginald Whitaker Pdf

Now in paperback, a sobering look at the threats to privacy posed by the new information technologies. Called ''one of the best books yet written on the new information age'' by Kirkus Reviews and now available in paperback, The End of Privacy shows how vast amounts of personal information are moving into corporate hands. Once there, this data can be combined and used to develop electronic profiles of individuals and groups that are potentially far more detailed, and far more intrusive, than the files built up in the past by state police and security agencies. Reg Whitaker shows that private e-mail can be read; employers can monitor workers' every move throughout the work day; and the U.S. Treasury can track every detail of personal and business finances. He goes on to demonstrate that we are even more vulnerable as consumers. From the familiar - bar-coding, credit and debit cards, online purchases - to the seemingly sci - -''smart cards'' that encode medical and criminal records, and security scans that read DNA - The End of Privacy reveals how ordinary citizens are losing control of the information about them that is available to anyone who can pay for it.