1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164227003321

Autore

Berger Stephen

Titolo

Infectious diseases of Myanmar / / Stephen Berger, MD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, California : , : GIDEON Informatics, Inc., , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4988-1420-4

Edizione

[2017 edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages) : color illustrations, tables

Collana

Gideon E-Book Series

Disciplina

616.909

Soggetti

Communicable diseases

Communicable diseases - Burma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959954003321

Autore

Lane Frederick S. <1963->

Titolo

American privacy : the 400-year history of our most contested right / / Frederick S. Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8070-9752-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/58

Soggetti

Privacy, Right of - United States - History

Government information - United States - History

Confidential communications - United States - History

Data protection - Law and legislation - United States - History

Disclosure of information - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic surveillance - Government policy - United States

Eavesdropping - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- American Privacy -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Declaration of Privacy -- 2. Postal Politics, Purity, and Privacy -- 3. Population, Punch Cards, and Privacy -- 4. Privacy in State Courts and Legislatures -- 5. No More Gentlemen: The Rise of Governmental Espionage -- 6. The Peeping Toms of Public Life -- 7. The Great Red Threats to Privacy: Credit Cards and Communism -- 8. Privacy's Golden Hour: The Warren Court -- 9. "Toward Freedom from Fear": The Privacy versus Security Debate Intensifies -- 10. The Phantom Delete Key: The Incredible Durability of Data -- 11. No PC Is an Island: The Rise of Online Communities -- 12. Electronic Exhibitionism and Voyeurism: Privacy in a Webbed World -- Conclusion: The Perilous State of Privacy -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

As America reacts to Edward Snowden's leaks about NSA surveillance, American Privacy offers a timely look at  our national experience with the right to privacy.   "The history of America is the history of the right to privacy," writes Frederick S. Lane in this vivid and penetrating exploration of our most hotly debated constitutional right. From



Governor William Bradford opening colonists' mail bound for England, to President George W. Bush's expansive domestic wiretapping, the motivations behind government surveillance have changed little despite rapid advances in communications technology. Yet all too often, American citizens have been their own worst enemies when it comes to protecting privacy, compliantly forgoing civil liberties in extreme times of war as well as for everyday consumer conveniences. Each of us now contributes to an ever-evolving electronic dossier of online shopping sprees, photo albums, health records, and political contributions, accessible to almost anyone who cares to look. In a digitized world where data lives forever, Lane urges us to consider whether privacy is even a possibility. How did we arrive at this breaking point?   American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled around the Fourth Amendment since its adoption. In 1873, the introduction of postcards split American opinion of public propriety. Over a century later, Twitter takes its place on the spectrum of human connection. Between these two nodes, Anthony Comstock waged a moral crusade against obscene literature, George Orwell penned 1984 , Joseph McCarthy hunted Communists and "perverts," President Richard Nixon surveilled himself right out of office, and the Supreme Court of the United States issued its most influential legal opinions concerning the right to privacy to date. Captured here, these historic snapshots add up to a lively narration of privacy's champions and challengers.  Legally, technologically, and historically grounded, American Privacy concludes with a call for Congress to recognize how innovation and infringement go hand-in-hand, and a challenge to citizens to protect privacy before it is lost completely.