National Security, Personal Privacy and the Law

Surveying Electronic Surveillance and Data Acquisition
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-03040-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 334 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law

There have been significant changes in public attitudes towards surveillance in the last few years as a consequence of the Snowden disclosures and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This book re-evaluates competing arguments between national security and personal privacy. The increased assimilation between the investigatory powers of the intelligence services and the police and revelations of unauthorised surveillance have resulted in increased demands for transparency in information gathering and for greater control of personal data. Recent legal reforms have attempted to limit the risks to freedom of association and expression associated with electronic surveillance. This book looks at the background to recent reforms and explains how courts and the legislature are attempting to effect a balance between security and personal liberty within a social contract. It asks what drives public concern when other aspects seem to be less contentious. In view of our apparent willingness to post on social media and engage in online commerce, it considers if we are truly consenting to a loss of privacy and how this reconciles with concerns about state surveillance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharpe, Sybil

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction;

Chapter 2. Search and Surveillance: The Terrorist Threat;

Chapter 3. Surveillance Outed;

Chapter 4. Finding an Equilibrium;

Chapter 5. Surveying Surveillance;

Chapter 6. Privacy in an Age of Global Surveillance;

Über Autor(innen)

Sybil Sharpe has lectured at UK universities and authored legal publications on aspects of criminal investigation and evidence with particular emphasis on covert evidence and information gathering. She has also served on the Isle of Man Interception of Communications Tribunal.