Surveillance as Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14971013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur Cockfield, Arthur J Cockfield (Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 795-816 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2011.10854721 |
| OpenAlex | W2066109569 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Since 9/11, many governments have amended their laws to make it easier for state actors to watch us for security (and efficiency) purposes. As discussed by Surveillance Studies researchers and others, at the same time surveillance technology developments have made it easier and less costly for the private sector and government to compile detailed profiles about us. When government surveillance undermines important democratic practices like privacy, the surveillance itself operates independently as a kind of law that shapes individual and social behaviour in ways that were not intended by the adopters of a security initiative. Traditional legal tools, such as federal or sub-federal laws that govern the information collection practices of government agencies, provide an insufficient safeguard against these worries. To re-establish an individualʼs actual and perceived control over personal information, governments need to develop effective institutions (with audit and investigatory powers) as well as new laws and policies to govern the conception, design, implementation and ongoing evaluation of new security initiatives. A 2010 reform effort by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada serves as an example of this approach
Audit · Business · Control (management · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Management · Personally identifiable information · Political science · Politics · Public relations · State (computer science · Computer Science · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |