Legislating privacy : technology, social values, and public policy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regan, Priscilla M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--Government policy--United States.

Lie detectors and detection--Government policy--United States.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Wiretapping--Government policy--United States.

Local Subjects:

Computer security--Government policy--United States.

Lie detectors and detection--Government policy--United States.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Wiretapping--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While technological threats to personal privacy have proliferated rapidly, legislation designed to protect privacy has been slow and incremental. In this study of legislative attempts to reconcile privacy and technology, Priscilla Regan examines congressional policy making in three key areas: computerized databases, wiretapping, and polygraph testing. In each case, she argues, legislation has represented an unbalanced compromise benefiting those with a vested interest in new technology over those advocating privacy protection. Legislating Privacy explores the dynamics of congressio

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Privacy, Technology, and Public Policy; 2 Privacy as a Philosophical and Legal Concept; 3 Privacy in American Society; 4 Information Privacy: Recording Our Transactions; 5 Communication Privacy: Transmitting Our Messages; 6 Psychological Privacy: Evaluating Our Thoughts; 7 Congress, Privacy, and Policy Decisions; 8 Privacy and the Common Good: Implications for Public Policy; Appendixes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

979-88-908694-0-1

979-88-908693-9-5

0-585-02800-1

0-8078-6405-6

OCLC:

42329349