Examines the controversy over issues of privacy in relation to the advancements in computer technology, and and raises questions regarding such topics as monitoring e-mail, inspecting medical and financial records without the knowledge or consent of those whose information it is.
Presents a collection of fifteen essays that address the issue of privacy rights and liberties, and covers such topics as the Patriot Act, identity thefts, employee and medical rights, facial recognition technology, and more.
Examines how blogs, social network sites, chatrooms, and other sites have violated the privacy of those who use them, and describes how the Internet is being transformed into a venue for gossip and rumors.
how major corporations and government plan to track your every move with RFID
Albrecht, Katherine
2005
Reveals how major corporations are planning to place small radio frequency identification devices into all consumer products in order to track trends, movements, and consumer practices, and argues that these devices will further limit personal freedoms and lead to an over-watched society.
Uses many case histories to trace the evolvement of our privacy laws and to demonstrate the increasingly numerous and alarming ways our private lives can be and are invaded.
A collection of twenty-two articles that offer opposing viewpoints on issues related to privacy, addressing questions about counterterrorism measures and privacy rights, whether medical privacy is adequately protected, and how privacy should be guarded.
Defines the right to privacy and considers its importance to a free society, and presents various perspectives on issues related to the right to privacy, including Internet transactions, and airport searches.
