Privacy, Information And Technology

"Privacy, Information, And Technology" offers a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of all important issues involving information privacy. It presents an extensive and clear background about the law and policy issues relating to information privacy and computers, databases, and the Internet. Many great features make this a truly valuable source, including: Coverage of government surveillance topics, such as Fourth Amendment, sensory enhancement technologies, wiretapping, computer searches, ISP records, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and the USA-Patriot Act; a thorough examination of new issues such as privacy and access to public records, government access to personal information, airline passenger screening and profiling, data mining, identity theft, consumer privacy, and financial privacy; coverage of emerging information technologies such as computer databases, RFID, cookies, spyware, data mining, and others; and an introductory chapter with a thought-provoking philosophical discussion of information privacy.