Privacy : a very short introduction / Raymond Wacks.

By:

Wacks, Raymond

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 221Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xvi, 160 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199556533 (pbk.)
0199556539

Subject(s):

Privacy, Right of

DDC classification:

23 323.448 WAC 009262

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

1. The assault 2. An enduring value 3. A legal right 4. Privacy and free speech 5. Data protection 6. The death of privacy?

Summary: Electronic surveillance, biometrics, CCTV, ID cards, online security, the monitoring of employees, the uses of DNA - to name a few - all raise fundamental questions about our right to privacy. In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Raymond Wacks includes a number of recent changes and considers the future of privacy in society.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index.

1. The assault
2. An enduring value
3. A legal right
4. Privacy and free speech
5. Data protection
6. The death of privacy?

Electronic surveillance, biometrics, CCTV, ID cards, online security, the monitoring of employees, the uses of DNA - to name a few - all raise fundamental questions about our right to privacy. In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Raymond Wacks includes a number of recent changes and considers the future of privacy in society.

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