Books about Privacy and the Government
Dragnet Nation by Call Number: JC596 .A54 2014An inside look at who’s watching you, what they know and why it matters. We are being watched. In Dragnet Nation, award-winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin reports from the front lines of America’s surveillance economy, offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data.
Unauthorized Access by Call Number: TK5105.878 .S59 2014Going beyond current books on privacy and security, Unauthorized Access: The Crisis in Online Privacy and Security proposes specific solutions to public policy issues pertaining to online privacy and security. The authors also discuss how rapid technological developments have created novel situations that lack relevant norms and present ways to develop these norms for protecting informational privacy and ensuring sufficient information security.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission – is the federal agency with primary responsibility for consumer privacy. Privacy is a key element of the FTC’s consumer protection mission. Congress established the FTC as the primary agency responsible for protecting consumers and preserving competition between businesses, while curbing the worst abuse of the free market.
THE USA Patriot Act
The USA PATRIOT Act –“Uniting and Strengthen America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” was a means of increasing the security of the nation.
Congress expanded the types of records to which law enforcement can gain access to “any tangible thing (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Carson, B. M. (2007). The law of libraries and archives. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. Location - W.T. Young Library Call # KF4315 .C37 2007
Privacy in the Workplace
Workplace Privacy and Employee Monitoring
Employers want to be sure their employees are doing a good job, but employees don't want their every sneeze or trip to the water cooler logged.
Employment Background Checks : A Job Seeker's Guide
Job applicants and existing employees as well as volunteers may be asked to submit to background checks.
Fact Sheets . (n.d.). | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Retrieved August 4, 2014, from https://www.privacyrights.org/privacy-rights-fact-sheets
Government Surveillance
Fact Sheets
My Social Security Number - How Secure Is It?
From Cradle to Grave: Government Records and Your Privacy
Debt Collection Practices: When Hardball Tactics Go Too Far
Fact Sheets . (n.d.). | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Retrieved August 4, 2014, from https://www.privacyrights.org/privacy-rights-fact-sheets