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Transparent lives : surveillance in Canada / editors, Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, Valerie Steeves
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic surveillance--Canada.
- Electronic surveillance.
- Privacy, Right of--Canada.
- Privacy, Right of.
- Social control--Canada.
- Social control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, [2014].
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The work of a multidisciplinary research team, Transparent Lives explains why and how surveillance is expanding-mostly unchecked-into every facet of our lives.
- Contents:
- Introduction: How Canadian Lives Became Transparent to Watching Eyes
- Trend 1 Expanding Surveillance: From the Atypical to the Routine
- Trend 2 Securitization and Surveillance: From Privacy Rights to Security Risks
- Trend 3 The Blurring of Sectors: From Public Versus Private to Public with Private
- Trend 4 The Growing Ambiguity of Personal Information: From Personally Identified to Personally Identifiable
- Trend 5 Expanding Mobile and Location-Based Surveillance: From Who You Are to Where You Are
- Trend 6 Globalizing Surveillance: From the Domestic to the Worldwide
- Trend 7 Embedding Surveillance in Everyday Environments: From the Surveillance of People to the Surveillance of Things
- Trend 8 Going Biometric: From Surveillance of the Body to Surveillance in the Body
- Trend 9 Watching by the People: From Them to Us
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Appendix 1 Surveillance and Privacy Law: FAQS
- Appendix 2 Surveillance Movies
- Appendix 3 How to Protect Your Privacy Online: FAQS
- Appendix 4 Canadian NGOS Concerned with Surveillance, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
- Appendix 5 Further Reading.
- Notes:
- "The New Transparency Project."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-927356-78-4
- OCLC:
- 867897615
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