An important review of opinions about surveillance and privacy. The world has become familiar with the unprecedented growth of surveillance after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but a comprehensive analysis of the public's opinion of how their privacy is being protected or invaded has been unavailable - until now. Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information reports the findings of an international survey of citizens' experiences with newly implemented security measures and their perceptions about privacy issues. Covering a range of countries from China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico to the United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Hungary, this volume reveals the similarities and differences among populations in their reactions to the surveillance era and in the amount each knows about government monitoring. Topics deal with pertinent issues such as global, national, and local transfer of personal information about citizens' financial transactions, work, and travel. The authors also analyse the collaboration of government and the private sector in the collection and transfer of private information. A remarkable resource in understanding attitudes towards surveillance, security, and privacy, Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information is indispensable for anyone curious about what governments, the private sector, and citizens know about each other.
Author(s): Elia Zureik, Lynda Harling Stalker, Emily Smith, David Lyon, Yolande E. Chan
Edition: 1
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF 6x9 Format | TOC
Pages: 444
Tags: Privacy: Cross-Cultural Studies; Electronic Surveillance: Cross-Cultural Studies; Globalization: Cross-Cultural Studies
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Contents
Preface
Introduction: Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Opinion
Part 1 Methodological Conisiderations
Introduction to Part 1
1 The Cross-Cultural Study of Privacy: Problems and Prospects
2 Application of the Vignette Approach to Analyzing Cross-Cultural Incomparabilities in Attitudes to Privacy of Personal Data and Security Checks at Airports
Part 2 Privacy Regimes And Resistance To Surveillance
Introduction to Part 2
3 Legal Constraints on Transferring Personal Information across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of pipeda and Foreign Privacy Laws
4 Shunning Surveillance or Welcoming the Watcher? Exploring How People Traverse the Path of Resistance
Part 3 North America, Europe, And Developing Countries
PART 3.1 THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Introduction to Part 3.1
5 The Harris-Westin Index of General Concern about Privacy: An Exploratory Conceptual Replication
6 Security vs Privacy: Media Messages, State Policies, and American Public Trust in Government
7 Quebec, the Rest of Canada, and the International Survey:A Case of Two Solitudes? A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions about Privacy and Personal Information Issues
PART 3.2 EASTERN VS WESTERN EUROPE
Introduction to Part 3.2
8 Changing Attitudes in a Changing Society? Information Privacy in Hungary, 1989–2006
9 Privacy in France in the Age of Information and Security Technologies
PART 3.3 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Introduction to Part 3.3
10 Dimensions of Internet Inequality and Privacy in China: A Case Study of Seven Cities
11 Privacy and Surveillance in Mexico and Brazil: A Cross-National Analysis
Part 4 Actors
PART 4.1 CITIZENS AND IDENTITY
Introduction to Part 4.1
12 National id Card Systems and Social Sorting: International Public Opinion
13 A National id Card in Canada: Public Perceptions and an Inevitable Future?
14 Privacy, Identity, and Digital Policy: A Comparative Assessment of the United States, Spain, and Canada
PART 4.2 CONSUMERS AND WORKERS
Introduction to Part 4.2
15 Loyalty Ambivalence in the United States and Canada:The gpd Survey, the Focus Groups, and the Context of Those Wonderfully Intrusive Loyalty Cards
16 Exploring Consumer Rights Regimes and Internet Consumption in Europe
17 Is There a Global Approach to Workplace Privacy?
Part 5 Conclusions
18 Cross-Cultural Study of Surveillance and Privacy: Theoretical and Empirical Observations
Appendix: International Survey Questionnaire
Contributors
References
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