Privacy, Information and Technology - Softcover

<p> <b><i>Author Website: <a href="http://informationprivacylaw.com"> http://informationprivacylaw.com</a> </i></b></p> <p> <b><i>Privacy, Information, and Technology</i></b> examines how the right to privacy is implicated by the Internet, communications media, and emergent technologies. Anyone interested in exploring this timely subject will find <b><i> Privacy, Information, and Technology</i></b> informative, readable, and engaging. </p> <p> <b>The second edition of <i>Privacy, Information, and Technology</i> features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> Background information and lucid text that explains the law and policy of information privacy in relation to computers, databases, and the Internet </li> <li> Broad coverage of government surveillance and the legal ramifications surrounding <ul> <li> The Fourth Amendment </li> <li> Sensory enhancement technologies </li> <li> Wiretapping </li> <li> Computer searches </li> <li> ISP records </li> <li> The Electronic Communications Privacy Act </li> <li> The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act </li> <li> The USA-PATRIOT Act </li> </ul> </li> <li> A thorough examination of new and cutting-edge issues, such as <ul> <li> Privacy and access to public records </li> <li> Government access to personal information </li> <li> Airline passenger screening and profiling </li> <li> Data mining </li> <li> Consumer privacy </li> <li> Financial privacy </li> </ul> </li> <li> Significant new case decisions involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Privacy Act, and identity theft </li> <li> Emerging information technologies and their associated implications for individual privacy, including <ul> <li> Computer databases </li> <li> RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) </li> <li> Cookies, spyware, and data mining </li> </ul> </li> <li> Updated coverage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008, and NSA (National Security Agency) surveillance </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>