Surveillance in an Networked World: Privacy Advocacy And Activism

Bennett, Colin J.

Surveillance in an Networked World: Privacy Advocacy And Activism

dc.contributor.author	Bennett, Colin J.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-25T21:09:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-25T21:09:48Z
dc.date.copyright	2004	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-10-21
dc.description.abstract	In every advanced industrial society, there exist disparate groups who have tried to spotlight excessive levels of surveillance, online and offline. They have protested ID cards, video-surveillance programs, intrusive marketing practices on the Internet, the integration of personal databases, and so on. They have attempted to “out” excessively intrusive organizations, and to render transparent their surveillance practices. There is plenty of evidence that these groups have become more active and more visible. But who are the “privacy advocates”? What are their main strategies, and why have their activities assumed a greater importance? The range of issues surrounding the collection, use, processing and dissemination of personal information by public and private organizations employing the most sophisticated information technologies is commonly assumed to be one of the critical issues of the “digital age.” But how do the advocates attempt to translate a strong, but vague sense, of public unease about privacy into meaningful social action? Is there the potential for a more coherent and international social movement to coalesce around these issues of similar strength and visibility to the environmental movement? Dr. Colin Bennett received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Wales, and his Ph.D from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1986 he has taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, where he is now Professor. From 1999-2000, he was a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government Harvard University. His research has focused on the comparative analysis of information privacy protection policies at the domestic and international levels. In addition to numerous articles, he has published three books: Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States (Cornell University Press, 1992); Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices for the Digital Age (University of Toronto Press, 1999, with Rebecca Grant);The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in the Digital Age (Ashgate Press, 2003, with Charles Raab).	en_US
dc.description.reviewstatus	Unreviewed	en_US
dc.description.scholarlevel	Faculty	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Arthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory, Department of Political Science	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bennet, Colin. "Surveillance in an Networked World: Privacy Advocacy And Activism." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 21 October 2004. Presentation.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://pactac.net/2004/10/surveillance-in-an-networked-world-privacy-advocacy-and-activism/
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6847
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Surveillance in the Wires	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/	*
dc.subject	surveillance
dc.subject	privacy advocacy
dc.subject	privacy activism
dc.subject	networked world
dc.subject	information technology
dc.subject	social movements
dc.subject	Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC)
dc.subject.department	Department of Political Science
dc.title	Surveillance in an Networked World: Privacy Advocacy And Activism	en_US
dc.type	Video	en_US