Engaging privacy and information technology in a digital age / James Waldo, Herbert S. Lin, and Lynette I. Millett, editors, Committee on Privacy in the Information Age, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waldo, James, editor.

Lin, Herbert, editor.

Millett, Lynette I., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data protection.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 430 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2007]

Summary:

Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age presents a multidisciplinary examination of privacy in the information age. It explores such important concepts as how the threats to privacy evolve, how privacy can be protected, and how society can balance the interests of individuals, businesses, and government in ways that promote privacy reasonably and effectively.

Contents:

Part 1 : thinking about privacy

Part 2 : the backdrop of privacy

Part 3 : privacy in context

Part 4 : findings and recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780309103923

0309103924

OCLC:

122715406