Controlling Knowledge : Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World.

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking an...

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Main Author: Stefanick, Lorna, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edmonton : Athabasca University Press, 2014.
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Summary:Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of the regulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and the protection of privacy. Aiming to clarify rather than mystify, Stefanick outlines the history and application of FOIP legislation, with special focus on how these laws affect the individual. To illu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages)
ISBN:9781926836270
1926836278
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.