Surveillance, privacy, and the globalization of personal information : international comparisons / edited by Elia Zureik ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zureik, Elia, Author.

Contributor:

Zureik, Elia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of--Cross-cultural studies.

Privacy, Right of.

Electronic surveillance--Cross-cultural studies.

Electronic surveillance.

Globalization--Cross-cultural studies.

Globalization.

Personal information management--Cross-cultural studies.

Personal information management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Opinion""; ""PART 1 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Introduction to Part 1""; ""1 The Cross-Cultural Study of Privacy: Problems and Prospects""; ""2 Application of the Vignette Approach to Analyzing Cross-Cultural Incomparabilities in Attitudes to Privacy of Personal Data and Security Checks at Airports""; ""PART 2 PRIVACY REGIMES AND RESISTANCE TO SURVEILLANCE""; ""Introduction to Part 2""

""3 Legal Constraints on Transferring Personal Information across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of pipeda and Foreign Privacy Laws""""4 Shunning Surveillance or Welcoming the Watcher? Exploring How People Traverse the Path of Resistance""; ""PART 3 NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""PART 3.1 THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA""; ""Introduction to Part 3.1""; ""5 The Harris-Westin Index of General Concern about Privacy: An Exploratory Conceptual Replication""; ""6 Security vs Privacy: Media Messages, State Policies, and American Public Trust in Government""

""7 Quebec, the Rest of Canada, and the International Survey:A Case of Two Solitudes? A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions about Privacy and Personal Information Issues""""PART 3.2 EASTERN VS WESTERN EUROPE""; ""Introduction to Part 3.2""; ""8 Changing Attitudes in a Changing Society? Information Privacy in Hungary, 1989�2006""; ""9 Privacy in France in the Age of Information and Security Technologies""; ""PART 3.3 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""Introduction to Part 3.3""; ""10 Dimensions of Internet Inequality and Privacy in China: A Case Study of Seven Cities""

""11 Privacy and Surveillance in Mexico and Brazil: A Cross-National Analysis""""PART 4 ACTORS""; ""PART 4.1 CITIZENS AND IDENTITY""; ""Introduction to Part 4.1""; ""12 National id Card Systems and Social Sorting: International Public Opinion""; ""13 A National id Card in Canada: Public Perceptions and an Inevitable Future?""; ""14 Privacy, Identity, and Digital Policy: A Comparative Assessment of the United States, Spain, and Canada""; ""PART 4.2 CONSUMERS AND WORKERS""; ""Introduction to Part 4.2""

""15 Loyalty Ambivalence in the United States and Canada:The gpd Survey, the Focus Groups, and the Context of Those Wonderfully Intrusive Loyalty Cards""""16 Exploring Consumer Rights Regimes and Internet Consumption in Europe""; ""17 Is There a Global Approach to Workplace Privacy?""; ""PART 5 CONCLUSIONS""; ""18 Cross-Cultural Study of Surveillance and Privacy: Theoretical and Empirical Observations""; ""Appendix: International Survey Questionnaire""; ""Contributors""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-423) and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-9104-4

OCLC:

818659250