Visions of privacy : policy choices for the digital age / edited by Colin J. Bennett and Rebecca Grant.

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Experts from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, explore five potential paths to privacy protection.

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CHOICE Review

This interesting collection of papers from a conference at the University of Victoria in British Columbia in 1996 addresses conceptions of privacy in the electronic age; regulation by market or command, with a lively discussion of the positive ways computer technology could be used to enhance privacy; international aspects of privacy protection; and a discussion by privacy advocates of some "real world" experiences. As is inevitably the case with multidisciplinary conference papers turned into chapters, there is some less than successful meshing of writing styles, but overall this well-edited volume provides a useful and interesting discussion of the issues in an emerging field. The situation of personal information previously stored on paper or not at all has yet to be dealt with effectively by courts or legislatures, and this volume illuminates several aspects of the dilemma. It is highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above. E. Lewis; New College of the University of South Florida