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Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal InformationInternational Comparisons |
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An important review of opinions about surveillance and privacy.
The world has become familiar with the unprecedented growth of surveillance after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but a comprehensive analysis of the public's opinion of how their privacy is being protected or invaded has been unavailable - until now. Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information reports the findings of an international survey of citizens' experiences with newly implemented security measures and their perceptions about privacy issues.
Covering a range of countries from China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico to the United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Hungary, this volume reveals the similarities and differences among populations in their reactions to the surveillance era and in the amount each knows about government monitoring. Topics deal with pertinent issues such as global, national, and local transfer of personal information about citizens' financial transactions, work, and travel. The authors also analyse the collaboration of government and the private sector in the collection and transfer of private information. A remarkable resource in understanding attitudes towards surveillance, security, and privacy, Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information is indispensable for anyone curious about what governments, the private sector, and citizens know about each other.
Covering a range of countries from China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico to the United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Hungary, this volume reveals the similarities and differences among populations in their reactions to the surveillance era and in the amount each knows about government monitoring. Topics deal with pertinent issues such as global, national, and local transfer of personal information about citizens' financial transactions, work, and travel. The authors also analyse the collaboration of government and the private sector in the collection and transfer of private information. A remarkable resource in understanding attitudes towards surveillance, security, and privacy, Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information is indispensable for anyone curious about what governments, the private sector, and citizens know about each other.
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448 Pages, 6 x 9
58 tables
ISBN 9780773537071
June 2010
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"The research on which these articles are based is a magisterial undertaking with its 9000 interviews in nine countries, its relevance to current social issues and its sensitivity to national differences even as universal information technologies sweep across - and often sweep away - traditional borders." Gary T. Marx, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-author of Undercover: Police Surveillance in Comparative Perspective
Elia Zureik is a professor emeritus of Sociology at Queen's University.
L. Lynda Harling Stalker is assistant professor, Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University.
Emily Smith is a research associate, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University.
David Lyon is professor, Queen's Research Chair, Department of Sociology, and director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University.
Yolande E. Chan is professor, Queen's School of Business.
L. Lynda Harling Stalker is assistant professor, Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University.
Emily Smith is a research associate, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University.
David Lyon is professor, Queen's Research Chair, Department of Sociology, and director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University.
Yolande E. Chan is professor, Queen's School of Business.
Preface ix
Introduction: Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Opinion 1
David Lyon
Part 1 Methodological Considerations
Introduction to Part 1 5
Elia Zureik
1 The Cross-Cultural Study of Privacy: Problems and Prospects 8
Elia Zureik and L. Lynda Harling Stalker
2 Application of the Vignette Approach to Analyzing Cross-Cultural
Incomparabilities in Attitudes to Privacy of Personal Data and
Security Checks at Airports 31
Andrey Pavlov
Part 2 Privacy Regimes and Resistance to Surveillance
Introduction to Part 2 47
L. Lynda Harling Stalker
3 Legal Constraints on Transferring Personal Information
across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of pipeda and Foreign
Privacy Laws 50
Arthur J. Cockfield
4 Shunning Surveillance or Welcoming the Watcher? Exploring How
People Traverse the Path of Resistance 70
Andrew Grenville
Part 3 North America, Europe, and Developing Countries
Part 3 . 1 The United States and Canada
Introduction to Part 3.1 87
Emily Smith
5 The Harris-Westin Index of General Concern about Privacy:
An Exploratory Conceptual Replication 91
Stephen T. Margulis, Jennifer A. Pope, and Aaron Lowen
6 Security vs Privacy: Media Messages, State Policies, and American
Public Trust in Government 110
Stephen Marmura
7 Quebec, the Rest of Canada, and the International Survey:
A Case of Two Solitudes? A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions
about Privacy and Personal Information Issues 127
François Fournier
Part 3 . 2 Eastern vs Western Europe
Introduction to Part 3.2 147
Elia Zureik
8 Changing Attitudes in a Changing Society? Information Privacy
in Hungary, 1989-2006 150
Iván Székely
9 Privacy in France in the Age of Information and Security
Technologies 171
Ayse Ceyhan
Part 3.3 Developing Countries
Introduction to Part 3.3 189
David Lyon
10 Dimensions of Internet Inequality and Privacy in China:
A Case Study of Seven Cities 193
Elia Zureik
11 Privacy and Surveillance in Mexico and Brazil: A Cross-National
Analysis 212
Nelson Arteaga Botello
Part 4 Actors
Part 4.1 Citizens and Identity
Introduction to Part 4.1 233
L. Lynda Harling Stalker
12 National id Card Systems and Social Sorting: International
Public Opinion 236
David Lyon
13 A National id Card in Canada: Public Perceptions
and an Inevitable Future? 257
Emily Smith
14 Privacy, Identity, and Digital Policy: A Comparative Assessment
of the United States, Spain, and Canada 274
Jeffrey Roy
Part 4.2 Consumers and Workers
Introduction to Part 4.2 291
Yolande E. Chan
15 Loyalty Ambivalence in the United States and Canada:
The gpd Survey, the Focus Groups, and the Context
of Those Wonderfully Intrusive Loyalty Cards 295
Jason Pridmore
16 Exploring Consumer Rights Regimes and Internet Consumption
in Europe 310
Ola Svenonius
17 Is There a Global Approach to Workplace Privacy? 328
Avner Levin
Part 5 Conclusions
18 Cross-Cultural Study of Surveillance and Privacy: Theoretical
and Empirical Observations 348
Elia Zureik
Appendix: International Survey Questionnaire 361
Contributors 383
References 389
Index 425
Introduction: Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Opinion 1
David Lyon
Part 1 Methodological Considerations
Introduction to Part 1 5
Elia Zureik
1 The Cross-Cultural Study of Privacy: Problems and Prospects 8
Elia Zureik and L. Lynda Harling Stalker
2 Application of the Vignette Approach to Analyzing Cross-Cultural
Incomparabilities in Attitudes to Privacy of Personal Data and
Security Checks at Airports 31
Andrey Pavlov
Part 2 Privacy Regimes and Resistance to Surveillance
Introduction to Part 2 47
L. Lynda Harling Stalker
3 Legal Constraints on Transferring Personal Information
across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of pipeda and Foreign
Privacy Laws 50
Arthur J. Cockfield
4 Shunning Surveillance or Welcoming the Watcher? Exploring How
People Traverse the Path of Resistance 70
Andrew Grenville
Part 3 North America, Europe, and Developing Countries
Part 3 . 1 The United States and Canada
Introduction to Part 3.1 87
Emily Smith
5 The Harris-Westin Index of General Concern about Privacy:
An Exploratory Conceptual Replication 91
Stephen T. Margulis, Jennifer A. Pope, and Aaron Lowen
6 Security vs Privacy: Media Messages, State Policies, and American
Public Trust in Government 110
Stephen Marmura
7 Quebec, the Rest of Canada, and the International Survey:
A Case of Two Solitudes? A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions
about Privacy and Personal Information Issues 127
François Fournier
Part 3 . 2 Eastern vs Western Europe
Introduction to Part 3.2 147
Elia Zureik
8 Changing Attitudes in a Changing Society? Information Privacy
in Hungary, 1989-2006 150
Iván Székely
9 Privacy in France in the Age of Information and Security
Technologies 171
Ayse Ceyhan
Part 3.3 Developing Countries
Introduction to Part 3.3 189
David Lyon
10 Dimensions of Internet Inequality and Privacy in China:
A Case Study of Seven Cities 193
Elia Zureik
11 Privacy and Surveillance in Mexico and Brazil: A Cross-National
Analysis 212
Nelson Arteaga Botello
Part 4 Actors
Part 4.1 Citizens and Identity
Introduction to Part 4.1 233
L. Lynda Harling Stalker
12 National id Card Systems and Social Sorting: International
Public Opinion 236
David Lyon
13 A National id Card in Canada: Public Perceptions
and an Inevitable Future? 257
Emily Smith
14 Privacy, Identity, and Digital Policy: A Comparative Assessment
of the United States, Spain, and Canada 274
Jeffrey Roy
Part 4.2 Consumers and Workers
Introduction to Part 4.2 291
Yolande E. Chan
15 Loyalty Ambivalence in the United States and Canada:
The gpd Survey, the Focus Groups, and the Context
of Those Wonderfully Intrusive Loyalty Cards 295
Jason Pridmore
16 Exploring Consumer Rights Regimes and Internet Consumption
in Europe 310
Ola Svenonius
17 Is There a Global Approach to Workplace Privacy? 328
Avner Levin
Part 5 Conclusions
18 Cross-Cultural Study of Surveillance and Privacy: Theoretical
and Empirical Observations 348
Elia Zureik
Appendix: International Survey Questionnaire 361
Contributors 383
References 389
Index 425
