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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132335103321

Titolo

Transparent lives : surveillance in Canada / / editors, Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, Valerie Steeves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-927356-78-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

323.44820971

Soggetti

Electronic surveillance - Canada

Privacy, Right of - Canada

Social control - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The New Transparency Project."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: How Canadian Lives Became Transparent to Watching Eyes -- Trend 1 Expanding Surveillance: From the Atypical to the Routine -- Trend 2 Securitization and Surveillance: From Privacy Rights to Security Risks -- Trend 3 The Blurring of Sectors: From Public Versus Private to Public with Private -- Trend 4 The Growing Ambiguity of Personal Information: From Personally Identified to Personally Identifiable -- Trend 5 Expanding Mobile and Location-Based Surveillance: From Who You Are to Where You Are -- Trend 6 Globalizing Surveillance: From the Domestic to the Worldwide -- Trend 7 Embedding Surveillance in Everyday Environments: From the Surveillance of People to the Surveillance of Things -- Trend 8 Going Biometric: From Surveillance of the Body to Surveillance in the Body -- Trend 9 Watching by the People: From Them to Us -- Conclusion: What Can Be Done? -- Appendix 1 Surveillance and Privacy Law: FAQS -- Appendix 2 Surveillance Movies -- Appendix 3 How to Protect Your Privacy Online: FAQS -- Appendix 4 Canadian NGOS Concerned with Surveillance, Privacy, and Civil Liberties -- Appendix 5 Further Reading -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Footnotes -- chapter 01 -- chapter 03 -- chapter 05 -- chapter 06 -- Appendix 01.



Sommario/riassunto

The work of a multidisciplinary research team, Transparent Lives explains why and how surveillance is expanding-mostly unchecked-into every facet of our lives.