The Real ID Act : Privacy and Government Surveillance.
Civil society in the United States in the 21st century has seen the abandonment of American concepts of individual freedom, privacy, expression and autonomy. Eyre examines the Real ID Act in this context, as an example of laws passed since September 2001 restricting civil liberties. The Real ID Act...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2011.
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Colección: | Recht und Gesellschaft.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Civil society in the United States in the 21st century has seen the abandonment of American concepts of individual freedom, privacy, expression and autonomy. Eyre examines the Real ID Act in this context, as an example of laws passed since September 2001 restricting civil liberties. The Real ID Act facilitates the current and future surveillance regime. Real IDs and the database(s) to which they are linked represent a de facto national ID system facilitating monitoring citizens? movements, speech and political activities when fully operational. The Real ID Act is examined as an unfunded mandat. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (223 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781593326708 159332670X |