Privacy in Peril e-bog
150,55 DKK
(inkl. moms 188,19 DKK)
This probing account of the erosion of privacy in America shows that we are often unwitting, if willing, accomplices, providing personal data in exchange for security or convenience. The author shows that the personal data that we make available to virtually any organization for virtually any purpose is apt to surface elsewhere, applied to utterly different purposes. As long as we willingly acc...
E-bog
150,55 DKK
Forlag
Oxford University Press
Udgivet
25 oktober 2007
Genrer
Sociology
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780199885749
This probing account of the erosion of privacy in America shows that we are often unwitting, if willing, accomplices, providing personal data in exchange for security or convenience. The author shows that the personal data that we make available to virtually any organization for virtually any purpose is apt to surface elsewhere, applied to utterly different purposes. As long as we willingly accept the pursuit of profit or cutting government costs as sufficient reason for intensified scrutiny over our lives, then privacy will remain endangered.