Legislating privacy : technology, social values, and public policy /

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While technological threats to personal privacy have proliferated rapidly, legislation designed to protect privacy has been slow and incremental. In this study of legislative attempts to reconcile privacy and technology, Priscilla Regan examines congressional policy making in three key areas: comput...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Regan, Priscilla M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Privacy, Right of > United States.
Computer security > Government policy > United States.
Wiretapping > Government policy > United States.
Lie detectors and detection > Government policy > United States.
Sécurité informatique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Écoute électronique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Détecteurs de mensonge > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Aspects juridiques.
Ordinateurs.
Politique de l'information.
Computer security > Government policy.
Lie detectors and detection > Government policy.
Privacy, Right of.
Wiretapping > Government policy.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While technological threats to personal privacy have proliferated rapidly, legislation designed to protect privacy has been slow and incremental. In this study of legislative attempts to reconcile privacy and technology, Priscilla Regan examines congressional policy making in three key areas: computerized databases, wiretapping, and polygraph testing. In each case, she argues, legislation has represented an unbalanced compromise benefiting those with a vested interest in new technology over those advocating privacy protection. ###Legislating Privacy# explores the dynamics of congressional poli.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 310 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index.
ISBN:0585028001
9780585028002
9780807837795
0807837792

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