Jusletter IT

«It Could Never Happen Here!»

Changing Circumstances Affect U.S. Personal Data and Privacy Law; New Forces Preserve What Suits Them for Themselves

  • Authors: Orlan Lee / James She
  • Category: Articles
  • Region: United Kingdom, China
  • Field of law: Data Protection, Data Security
  • Citation: Orlan Lee / James She, «It Could Never Happen Here!», in: Jusletter IT 15 May 2014
We have realized for many years that, with advances in technology, we were subject to surveillance of unknown kinds from unknown sources. Nevertheless, revelation of the extent of surveillance by our own government comes as a shock. Layman’s indifference to technology has also allowed a private sector culture of profiting from exploitation of access to private personal data to emerge. To callous personal data specialists, special interest law «liberates employers from following the [law's] exacting consent and disclosure requirements» when investigating supposed «employee misconduct». Not even the police have powers like that in the United States.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. «Interactivity» as Goal of the New Media
  • 3. Privacy, Personal Data, and Freedom of Speech
  • 4. Why Should Social Media and E-Commerce Require «Waiver» of Personal Data Law to Thrive?
  • 5. Decisions We Follow – Decisions We Ignore
  • 6. Who Does Our Personal Data Belong To?
  • 7. Fear of a Coming «Information Society» and Development of a «Code of Fair Information Practices»
  • 8. From «Fair Information Practices – To Waiving Our Rigths»
  • 8.1. The Short Life of the «Consumer Protection Movement»
  • 9. From «Collecting and Transmitting Credit Information», To Assessing «Attitude, Motivation, and Behaviour»
  • 10. Conclusion – Technology and Shady English

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