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The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information
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by Oscar H. Gandy " Jr.. 284 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Oscar H. Gandy " Jr

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1993
Subjects:   Privacy, Right Of--United States, Records--Access Control--United States
Table of contents
List of Tables and Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Prologue 1
Introduction , 1
The Diverse Theoretical Origins of Panoptic Thinking , 3
2 Information and Power 15
Introduction , 15
A Question of Power , 18
Panopticism , 21
Structuration , 25
Technology, Markets, and Culture , 35
3 Operating the Panoptic Sort 53
Data and the Panoptic Sort , 53
Government Information Gathering , 55
The Corporate Data Machine , 60
Data Processing , 71
A Technology of Power , 80
List Vendors , 90
4 Corporate Perspectives on the Panoptic Sort 95
In Pursuit of the Corporate View , 95
The Telemarketing View , 102
Direct Marketing Association , 104
Robert Posch and Corporate Opinion Leadership , 106
The Mail Survey , 108
Corporate Policy and Practice , 111
Business Perspectives on the Panoptic Sort , 122
5 Relationships and Expectations 123
In Search of Public Perceptions , 123
The Group Interviews , 126
Thinking About Privacy , 126
Defining Privacy Invasions , 128
Profiles , 129
Technology of Surveillance and Limits on Data Gathering , 131
Data Sharing Limits , 134
The Capsule View , 135
6 The Social Origins of Views on Privacy 137
Introduction , 137
The Penumbra of Fear , 137
A Question of Trust , 140
How Did You Get My Name? 141
Can They Really Do That? 143
There Ought to Be a Law! 144
Oppositional Tendencies , 147
Structuration, or the Social Origins of Social Opinion , 149
In Search of Social Explanations , 150
Summary , 175
7 A Data Protection Regime 177
Need We Involve the Law at All? 177
Personal Privacy and Data Protection: A Tangled Web , 178
The Heritage of Warren and Brandeis , 182
A Question of Dignity and Other Intangible Injuries , 185
All of This and Democracy Too? 189
A Complex of Informational Rights , 189
Information Privacy and Corporate Speech , 193
Who's the Enemy Here? 194
Sensitive Information , 198
Reasonable Expectations and the Destructive Gales of Technology , 201
Fighting Back , 203
The Marketplace Solution , 205
Public Policy and the Panoptic Sort , 209
Fair Information Practices , 221
8 Conclusion 227
And So to Conclude , 227
What Is to Be Done? 230
Notes 233
About the Book and Author 269
Index 271
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