E-book
Transparent lives : surveillance in Canada
Record details
- ISBN: 9781927356777
- ISBN: 9781927356784
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Physical Description:
1 electronic text (xi, 239 pages) : color illustrations
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Edmonton [Alberta] : AU Press, [2014]
- Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The New Transparency Project." CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. Issued also in print format. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Canada Commons. |
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| Subject: | Electronic surveillance -- Canada Privacy, Right of -- Canada Social control -- Canada Multi-User. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
