Privacy, Information and Technology

by Daniel J. Solove, Paul Schwartz

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Privacy, Information, and Technology examines how the right to privacy is implicated by the Internet, communications media, and emergent technologies. Anyone interested in exploring this timely subject will find Privacy, Information, and Technology informative, readable, and engaging.

The second edition of Privacy, Information, and Technology

Background information and lucid text that explains the law and policy of information privacy in relation to computers, databases, and the Internet Broad coverage of government surveillance and the legal ramifications surrounding The Fourth Amendment Sensory enhancement technologies Wiretapping Computer searches ISP records The Electronic Communications Privacy Act The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act The USA-PATRIOT Act A thorough examination of new and cutting-edge issues, such as Privacy and access to public records Government access to personal information Airline passenger screening and profiling Data mining Consumer privacy Financial privacy Significant new case decisions involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Privacy Act, and identity theft Emerging information technologies and their associated implications for individual privacy, including Computer databases RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Cookies, spyware, and data mining Updated coverage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008, and NSA (National Security Agency) surveillance

530 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2006

About the author

Daniel J. Solove is the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the George Washington University Law School. He is also the founder of TeachPrivacy, a company that provides privacy and data security training programs to businesses, law firms, healthcare institutions, schools, and other organizations. One of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Solove is the author of 10+ books and textbooks and 100+ articles. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, and Columbia Law Review, among others. Professor Solove writes at LinkedIn as of its “thought leaders,” and he has more than 1 million followers. He more routinely blogs at Privacy+Security Blog, https://www.teachprivacy.com/privacy-...

Reviews

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

For an MLIS course. Informative and interesting but a little heavy on the legal stuff.