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Informationen zum Autor The New Transparency: Surveillance and SocialSorting is a Major Collaborative Research Initiative funded bythe Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Itsgoals are to understand the factors that contribute to the expansion ofsurveillance as a technology of governance, including its underlyingprinciples, technological infrastructures, and institutionalframeworks, and to elucidate the social consequences of surveillancefor institutions and for ordinary people. Transparent Lives reflectsresearch conducted in the course of this seven-year project. The volumewas jointly authored by eleven members of the New Transparency team:Colin J. Bennett, Andrew Clement, Arthur Cockfield, Aaron Doyle, KevinD. Haggerty, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, David Lyon, Benjamin Muller,David Murakami Wood, Laureen Snider, and Valerie M. Steeves. Klappentext This highly readable book tells Canadians what they ought to know to better understand the ways in which surveillance is expanding - mostly unchecked - into every facet of their lives, and what they can do about it. Zusammenfassung This highly readable book tells Canadians what they ought to know to better understand the ways in which surveillance is expanding - mostly unchecked - into every facet of their lives, and what they can do about it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction How Canadian Lives Became Transparent toWatching Eyes Trend 1 Expanding Surveillance: From the Atypical to the Routine Trend 2 Securitization and Surveillance: From Privacy Rights to SecurityRisks Trend 3 The Blurring of Sectors: From Public Versus Private to Public withPrivate Trend 4 The Growing Ambiguity of Personal Information: From PersonallyIdentified to Personally Identifiable Trend 5 Expanding Mobile and Location-Based Surveillance: From Who You Are toWhere You Are Trend 6 Globalizing Surveillance: From the Domestic to the Worldwide Trend 7 Embedding Surveillance in Everyday Environments: From the Surveillanceof People to the Surveillance of Things Trend 8 Going Biometric: From Surveillance of the Body to Surveillance in theBody Trend 9 Watching by the People: From Them to Us Conclusion What Can Be Done? APPENDIX 1: Surveillance and Privacy Laws: FAQS APPENDIX 2: Surveillance Movies APPENDIX 3: How to Protect Your Privacy Online: FAQS APPENDIX 4: Canadian NGOs Concerned with Surveillance, Privacy, andCivil Liberties APPENDIX 5: Further Reading ...
