Waiving Our Rights

The Personal Data Collection Industry and Its Threat to Privacy and Civil Liberties

Orlan Lee (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2011
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-5815-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Americans have become hysterical over intrusions--perceived and real--of their privacy. Everywhere we look we see Big Brother. It seems like government has intruded on our lives in unprecedented ways and their findings used against us in all kinds of ways. But there is a far more insidious invasion happening under our noses, with our tacit approval. These are coming from the private sector--in job applications, in credit applications, in big-ticket purchases, in housing decisions, in gas/electric/telephone/cell phone service requests, and from seemingly simple Internet access. Did you know that consumer reporting law requires the 'voluntary waiving' of our privacy rights? Did you know that these mandatory waivers permit investigation not just into your credit worthiness but also into your character, your reputation, your mode of living, and your work habits? Did you know that the collected information can be kept secret from you but used against you for the rest of your life? Did you know that the personal characteristics data that are offered by anyone willing to report about you are not verified by credit reporting agencies?
This is a threat to your privacy rights exposed in Waiving Your Rights: How the Personal Data Collection Industry Is Threatening Your Right to Privacy.

Autor

Orlan Lee is a visiting fellow and life member at Clare Hall, College of Advanced Studies, University of Cambridge.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.4.2011
• Verlagsort: Lanham, MD
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• ISBN-10: 0-7425-5815-0 / 0742558150
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5815-1 / 9780742558151
• Zustand: Neuware