1st Edition
The Data Bank Society (Routledge Revivals) Organizations, Computers and Social Freedom
By Pierre R. Crosson
Copyright 1970
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study, written in the context of its first publication in 1970, discusses and documents the invasion of privacy by the corporation and the social institution in the search for efficiency in information processing. Discussing areas such as the impact of the computer on administration, privacy and the storage on information, the authors assess the technical and social feasibility of... Read more
1. Computers and ‘Provisional Catastrophe’ 2. The Onrush of Technology and the Threat to Freedom 3. Computers and the Storage of Information 4. The Computer and its Contemporary Impact on Administration 5. The American Scene 6. The British Case 7. Privacy, Freedom and Society 8. Privacy Threatened 9. Further Illustrations: Credit, Health and Local Government 10. Adequate Safeguards 11. Further Technical Protection 12. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix: 1. Data Surveillance Bill 2. ACM Code of Professional Conduct 3. Daily Surveillance Sheet; A Selected Bibliography; Index
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