Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ387564
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Publication Date: 1988
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The Emergence of Surveillance Societies in the Western World: Toward the Year 2000.
Flaherty, David H.
Government Information Quarterly, v5 n4 p377-87 1988
Considers the advent of surveillance societies--(i.e.,) societies where integrated surveillance of individuals is possible through various automated databases--with examples drawn from Canada and Sweden. Legislative efforts to regulate such developments and the role of data protection agencies are discussed. (13 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Legislation, Privacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Sweden
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