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The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information
by Oscar H. Gandy " Jr.. 284 pgs.
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 Table of contents
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List of Tables and Figures |
ix |
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Acknowledgments |
xi |
| 1 |
Prologue |
1 |
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Introduction , |
1 |
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The Diverse Theoretical Origins of Panoptic Thinking , |
3 |
| 2 |
Information and Power |
15 |
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Introduction , |
15 |
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A Question of Power , |
18 |
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Panopticism , |
21 |
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Structuration , |
25 |
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Technology, Markets, and Culture , |
35 |
| 3 |
Operating the Panoptic Sort |
53 |
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Data and the Panoptic Sort , |
53 |
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Government Information Gathering , |
55 |
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The Corporate Data Machine , |
60 |
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Data Processing , |
71 |
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A Technology of Power , |
80 |
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List Vendors , |
90 |
| 4 |
Corporate Perspectives on the Panoptic Sort |
95 |
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In Pursuit of the Corporate View , |
95 |
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The Telemarketing View , |
102 |
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Direct Marketing Association , |
104 |
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Robert Posch and Corporate Opinion Leadership , |
106 |
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The Mail Survey , |
108 |
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Corporate Policy and Practice , |
111 |
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Business Perspectives on the Panoptic Sort , |
122 |
| 5 |
Relationships and Expectations |
123 |
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In Search of Public Perceptions , |
123 |
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The Group Interviews , |
126 |
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Thinking About Privacy , |
126 |
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Defining Privacy Invasions , |
128 |
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Profiles , |
129 |
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Technology of Surveillance and Limits on Data Gathering , |
131 |
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Data Sharing Limits , |
134 |
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The Capsule View , |
135 |
| 6 |
The Social Origins of Views on Privacy |
137 |
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Introduction , |
137 |
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The Penumbra of Fear , |
137 |
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A Question of Trust , |
140 |
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How Did You Get My Name? |
141 |
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Can They Really Do That? |
143 |
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There Ought to Be a Law! |
144 |
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Oppositional Tendencies , |
147 |
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Structuration, or the Social Origins of Social Opinion , |
149 |
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In Search of Social Explanations , |
150 |
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Summary , |
175 |
| 7 |
A Data Protection Regime |
177 |
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Need We Involve the Law at All? |
177 |
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Personal Privacy and Data Protection: A Tangled Web , |
178 |
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The Heritage of Warren and Brandeis , |
182 |
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A Question of Dignity and Other Intangible Injuries , |
185 |
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All of This and Democracy Too? |
189 |
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A Complex of Informational Rights , |
189 |
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Information Privacy and Corporate Speech , |
193 |
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Who's the Enemy Here? |
194 |
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Sensitive Information , |
198 |
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Reasonable Expectations and the Destructive Gales of Technology , |
201 |
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Fighting Back , |
203 |
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The Marketplace Solution , |
205 |
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Public Policy and the Panoptic Sort , |
209 |
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Fair Information Practices , |
221 |
| 8 |
Conclusion |
227 |
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And So to Conclude , |
227 |
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What Is to Be Done? |
230 |
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Notes |
233 |
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About the Book and Author |
269 |
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Index |
271 |
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