Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook

By Kevin Keenan

An authoritative analysis of one of the most revered rights of peoples and cultures around the world--privacy.

Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook chronicles the most pressing privacy issues and dilemmas from around the world from the 17th century to today. Shocking accounts of government and corporate abuse liven discussions of controversial topics ranging from high-tech surveillance and the collection of personal data to bodily and sexual privacy. The Internet, a platform for free speech now subject to calls for rigorous censorship, and the global threat of terrorism in the post-September 11 era receive special emphasis.

Readers will also learn about disturbing abuses of power by the FBI, including how it intercepted emails, misled the federal courts in 75 warrant applications, and contributed to wrongful arrests of more than 100 people suspected of receiving child pornography over the Internet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814408087
• ISBN13: 9781851096305
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Really well-researched book; very interesting too.

This book is really very interesting, and well written. I borrowed it from our HP Labs Research Library. The scope of the book is privacy rights, but the applications of these rights are far and wide. The author explains each area well, and describes what the laws are, what the challenges to the laws have been, and how each area of privacy rights relates to the way we live. Topics include DNA, abortion rights, availability of birth control (starting way back in the 1930's), job applications, and many other areas where our personal data is given and/or stored. I recommend this book whole-heartedly.