Transparent Lives

Surveillance in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID19982180
AuthorsKevin D Haggerty David Lyon and Valerie Steeves edited by Colin J Bennett (corresponding author), New Transparency Project Staff, Valerie M Steeves
EditorsColin J Bennett (0000-0002-1503-8584), Kevin D Haggerty (0000-0003-3864-6811), David Lyon (0000-0001-5794-0456), Valerie Steeves (0000-0002-5369-2253)
Year2014
Pages242
Publication date2014-04-07
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueTransparent Lives (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherAthabasca University Press (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.15215/aupress/9781927356777.01
OpenAlexW2505143096
Open LibraryOL28789975M
ISBN9781927356777
LanguageEN
Citations received28

Although most Canadians are familiar with surveillance cameras and airport security, relatively few are aware of the extent to which the potential for surveillance is now embedded in virtually every aspect of our lives. We cannot walk down a city street, register for a class, pay with a credit card, hop on an airplane, or make a telephone call without data being captured and processed. Where does such information go? Who makes use of it, and for what purpose? Is the loss of control over our personal information merely the price we pay for using social media and other forms of electronic communication, or should we be wary of systems that make us visible—and thus vulnerable—to others as never before? \n \nThe work of a multidisciplinary research team, Transparent Lives explains why and how surveillance is expanding—mostly unchecked—into every facet of our lives. Through an investigation of the major ways in which both government and private sector organizations gather, monitor, analyze, and share information about ordinary citizens, the volume identifies nine key trends in the processing of personal data that together raise urgent questions of privacy and social justice. Intended not only to inform but to make a difference, the volume is deliberately aimed at a broad audience, including legislators and policymakers, journalists, civil liberties groups, educators, and, above all, the reading public

Geography · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Global Security and Public Health · canada · Electronic surveillance · politics and government · Right of Privacy · Social aspects · Social control

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