Privacy in peril / James B. Rule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rule, James B., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We are all accustomed to privacy horror stories, like identity theft, where stored personal data gets misdirected for criminal purposes. But we should worry less about the illegal uses of personal data, James B. Rule argues, and worry a lot more about the perfectly legal uses of our data by the government and private industry, uses which are far more widespread and far more dangerous to our interests than we'd ever suspect. This provocative book takes readers on a probing, far-reaching tour of the erosion of privacy in American society, showing that we are often unwitting accomplices, providi

Contents:

The making of an issue

The tensions of privacy and disclosure

Privacy regimes in turmoil

Blaming technology

The idea of privacy protection

Legislating privacy protection

Spreading shadows

Constraints and countercurrents

Government surveillance

Government surveillance in America

Parallels abroad

The coalescence of government surveillance

Conclusion

Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising

The United States : a virtually free market for personal information

Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints

Surveillance in motion

Safe harbor

Some rare privacy victories

The future of privacy

Privacy protection : the official response

Privacy codes : a balance sheet

Origins of the conflict

The destination

Collapsing resistance?

"Needs," "purposes," and "consent"

Some uncomfortable futures

Ground to stand on

Conclusion: where do we go from here?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988574-5

0-19-539436-4

0-19-804204-3

1-281-16338-4

1-4356-0586-1

9786611163389

OCLC:

476244133