The Glass Consumer : Life in a Surveillance Society.

The Glass Consumer : Life in a Surveillance Society.

We are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. The glass consumer appraises the relentless scrutiny of consumers' lives. It reviews what is known about how personal information is used and examines the benefits and risks to consumers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lace, Dr Susanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Privacy, Right of.
Freedom of information.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
Freedom of information
Privacy, Right of
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; THE GLASS CONSUMER
  • Life in a surveillance society; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Personal information: friend or foe?; Impacts on consumers; Outlining the chapters; Part One: Orientations; 1
  • The personal information economy: trends and prospects for consumers; 2
  • Regulatory provisions for privacy protection; 3
  • The use and value of privacy enhancing technologies; Part Two: Contexts; 4
  • The data-informed marketing model and its social responsibility; 5
  • Personal data in the public sector: reconciling necessary sharing with confidentiality?
  • Part Three: Case studies6
  • Data use in credit and insurance: controlling unfair outcomes; 7
  • Personal information in the National Health Service: the demise or rise of patient interests?; Part Four: NCC's agenda; 8
  • The new personal information agenda; Index

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