Industry unbound : the inside story of privacy, data, and corporate power / Ari Ezra Waldman, Northeastern University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldman, Ari Ezra, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection.

Data protection--Law and legislation.

United States.

Business ethics--United States.

Business ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 364 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In Industry Unbound, Ari Ezra Waldman exposes precisely how the tech industry conducts its ongoing crusade to undermine our privacy. With research based on interviews with scores of tech employees and internal documents outlining corporate strategies, Waldman reveals that companies don't just lobby against privacy law; they also manipulate how we think about privacy, how their employees approach their work, and how they weaken the law to make data-extractive products the norm. In contrast to those who claim that privacy law is getting stronger, Waldman shows why recent shifts in privacy law are precisely the kinds of changes that corporations want and how even those who think of themselves as privacy advocates often unwittingly facilitate corporate malfeasance. This powerful account should be ready by anyone who wants to understand why privacy laws are not working and how corporations trap us into giving up our personal information.

Contents:

Introduction

A day at the office

Privacy's discourses

Privacy compliance

Designing data-extractive technologies

Power, practice, and performance

Fighting back

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108591386

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.