The Black Box Society

Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior-silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

About the author

Frank Pasquale is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech and the author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, and other outlets.

Summary

Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior—silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Pasquale, Frank (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) Pasquale, Pasquale Frank
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780674970847
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97084-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, LAW / Communications, LAW / Computer & Internet, LAW / Privacy, Privacy law, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, IT & Communications law