Virtual Shadows - Your Privacy in the Information Society

Author: Karen Lawrence Oqvist
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1906124094
Publisher: British Informatics Society Ltd

Virtual Shadows - Your Privacy in the Information Society

Are millions of Facebook and MySpace users right to share so much personal data online? New technologies are radically changing the way we communicate and interact, but they also hold the potential to undermine our privacy and threaten our security.
British Computer Society 9781906124090 Virtual Shadows: Your Privacy in the Information Society Description Vast amounts of personal data on private individuals are being generated from a wide range of sources including social networking sites, government databases, and even the humble supermarket loyalty card. Oqvist discusses the wider implications of these developments and how to safeguard privacy. *Author: Lawrence Oqvist, Karen/ Oqvist, Karen Lawrence *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pa
Vast amounts of personal data on private individuals are being generated from a wide range of sources including social networking sites, government databases and even the humble supermarket loyalty card. As government and commercial organisations begin to share and exploit (and even lose) this information, Karen Lawrence Aqvist discusses the wider implications of these developments. How do we safeguard our privacy and protect our children in this new Information Society, where the rules of engagement