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The Internet gives us information, communication options, shopping opportunities, entertainment, and much more---all at the touch of a fingertip and much of it for free. But in exchange for these benefits, we may be losing a basic right: the right to privacy. By clicking to accept website user agreements, we often allow companies to track our activities online and to share our data with outside groups. In addition, the police and government agencies...
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"The essential road map for understanding-and defending-your right to privacy in the twenty-first century. Privacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia, acclaimed civil rights advocate Danielle Citron has spent decades working with lawmakers...
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"This book looks at the way information and data is collected and used by individuals, governments, companies, and organizations. Arguments for both increased security and increased privacy are offered, encouraging readers to think critically about the issues. Topics relevant to children are included, such as being tracked at school, cyberbullying, and online safety"--
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Some people worry that in today's high-tech world, we are losing our privacy, just like the citizens in George Orwell's classic novel 1984. Prying Eyes takes a balanced look at the advantages of technology--from anticrime surveillance cameras to Gobal Positioning Systems--and the ways it may be threatening our privacy.
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Explores the idea of a U.S. citizen's right to privacy and discusses ways Internet interaction and activity can be monitored and threatens an individual's privacy. Explores ways the law might be updated to help secure online privacy and limit harassment or discrimination based on personal information.
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"Discusses how to protect personal information from online privacy violations. Covers how to set and store secure passwords, monitor online visibility, safely use social media and apps, and create online profiles. Contains emergency instructions for those who have been hacked or had their identity, phone, or laptop stolen"--
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Examines various threats to the civil right to privacy today, how they have come about, what actions are being taken, and why some of those actions are controversial. Offers a wide range of perspectives including those of the public, the courts, the government, the media, and advocacy groups. Includes pro/con sidebars, color photographs, a glossary, a list of related organizations and websites, and resources for further research.
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"The surprising story of the fitful development of the right to privacy-and its battle against the public's right to know--across American history. There is no hotter topic than the desire to constrain tech companies like Facebook from exploiting our personal data, or to keep Alexa from spying on you. Privacy has also provoked constitutional crisis (presidential tax returns) while Justice Clarence Thomas seeks to remove the protection of journalists...
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University of Southern California journalism professor Robert Hernandez incorporated Google Glass into his journalism class curriculum, with plans to build a media platform around wearable technology. "I do believe that our mobile phones are going to be outdated and are going to be replaced with wearables," he says in this discussion about "augmented reality storytelling." While discussing how Google Glass works, Hernandez also addresses privacy concerns...
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The flow of information through our modern digital world has led to many new issues and controversies. Big Data and Privacy Rights examines how companies, governments, and individuals collect and use massive amounts of personal information, highlighting the privacy concerns that result when these activities are done without public knowledge.
19) Surrender
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"From award-winning Spanish author Ray Loriga comes a dystopian novel about authority, manipulation, and the disappearance of privacy that "calls to mind The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [and] Blindness by José Saramago" (Alfaguara Prize Winner Citation)"--
20) RFID technology
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Debates the risks, benefits, and ethical implications of the use of radio frequency identification systems in passports, supply chains, and human bodies.