Privacy Information and Technology 2nd Edition

<p><b><i>Author Website: <a href="http://informationprivacylaw.com"> http://informationprivacylaw.com</a></i></b></p><p><b><i>Privacy, Information, and Technology</i></b> examines how the right to privacy is implicated by the Internet, communications media, and emergent technologies. Anyone interested in exploring this timely subject will find <b><i> Privacy, Information, and Technology</i></b> informative, readable, and engaging. </p><p><b>The second edition of <i>Privacy, Information, and Technology</i> features:</b></p><ul><li> Background information and lucid text that explains the law and policy of information privacy in relation to computers, databases, and the Internet </li><li> Broad coverage of government surveillance and the legal ramifications surrounding <ul><li> The Fourth Amendment </li><li> Sensory enhancement technologies </li><li> Wiretapping </li><li> Computer searches </li><li> ISP records </li><li> The Electronic Communications Privacy Act </li><li> The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act </li><li> The USA-PATRIOT Act </li></ul></li><li> A thorough examination of new and cutting-edge issues, such as <ul><li> Privacy and access to public records </li><li> Government access to personal information </li><li> Airline passenger screening and profiling </li><li> Data mining </li><li> Consumer privacy </li><li> Financial privacy </li></ul></li><li> Significant new case decisions involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Privacy Act, and identity theft </li><li> Emerging information technologies and their associated implications for individual privacy, including <ul><li> Computer databases </li><li> RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) </li><li> Cookies, spyware, and data mining </li></ul></li><li> Updated coverage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008, and NSA (National Security Agency) surveillance </li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p>