The glass consumer : life in a surveillance society / edited by Susanne Lace.

We are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. The glass consumer appraises the relentless scrutiny of consumers' lives. It reviews what is known about how personal information is used and examines the benefits and risks to consumers...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Corporate Author: National Consumer Council
Other Authors: Lace, Susanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Susanne Lace
  • The personal information economy: trends and prospects for consumers / Perri 6
  • Regulatory provisions for privacy protection / Charles Rabb
  • The use and value of privacy-enhancing technologies / John Borking
  • The data-informed marketing model and its social responsibility / Martin Evans
  • Personal data in the public sector: reconciling necessary sharing with confidentiality? / Christiene Bellamy, Perri 6 and Charles Rabb
  • Data use in credit and insurance: controlling unfair outcomes / Harriet Hall
  • Personal information in the National Health Service: the demise or rise of patients interests? / Jonathon Montgomery /-- The new personal information agenda / Susanne Lace.