Protecting Human Rights in Infoage - Hardcover

Alok Chakravarti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8188583022 ISBN 13: 9788188583027

Publisher: EssEss Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

New technology offers opportunities both to expand and to limit the freedom to communicate and the opportunity to protect private life. They enables anonymous transactions over the Internet so that individuals can obtain access to information and purchase products without disclosing actual identity. To safeguard the rights of privacy and freedom of expression in the digital age, it is necessary to reaffirm support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly Article 12 and Article 19; promote the implementation of "Fair Information Practices" and the development of genuine Privacy Enhancing Technologies; remove barriers to the free flow the information; and encourage the participation of Public Voice NGOs in decisions concerning the future of the Internet society. This book attempts to describe the state of human dignity in the digitised world. It will serve as a beneficial reference toll for administrators, policy planners, students, teachers, human rights activists and the concerned.

About this edition

• Publisher: EssEss Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 8188583022
• ISBN 13: 9788188583027
• Binding: Hardcover