The Glass Consumer: Life in a Surveillance Society

doi:10.46692/9781847421272

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. This book takes the debate beyond privacy issues, arguing that we are living in a world in which – more than ever before – our personal information defines our opportunities in life.

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Life in a Surveillance Society

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

Notes on contributors
pp iv-vi

Introduction
pp 1-14

Part One - Orientations
pp 15-16

one - The personal information economy: trends and prospects for consumers
pp 17-44

two - Regulatory provisions for privacy protection
pp 45-68

three - The use and value of privacy-enhancing technologies
pp 69-96

Part Two - Contexts
pp 97-98

four - The data-informed marketing model and its social responsibility
pp 99-132

five - Personal data in the public sector: reconciling necessary sharing with confidentiality?
pp 133-154

Part Three - Case studies
pp 155-156

six - Data use in credit and insurance: controlling unfair outcomes
pp 157-186

seven - Personal information in the National Health Service: the demise or rise of patient interests?
pp 187-204

Part Four - NCC’s agenda
pp 205-206

eight - The new personal information agenda
pp 207-246

Index
pp 247-259

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