LAW PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE IN CANADA (Law, Technology and Society)
LAW PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE IN CANADA (Law, Technology and Society) by MICHAEL GEIST
English | May 28, 2015 | ISBN: 0776622072 | 298 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | May 28, 2015 | ISBN: 0776622072 | 298 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
With contributions by leading experts in the field, Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era explores current issues torn from the headlines with a uniquely Canadian perspective.
Edward Snowden burst into the public consciousness in June 2013 with a series of astonishing revelations about US surveillance activities. The Snowden leaks, which have continued for more than eighteen months, have confirmed that fears of all-encompassing network surveillance and data capture that were envisioned as worstcase scenarios more than a decade ago have become reality. With scant debate or public awareness, surveillance agencies around the world have become remarkably adept at capturing network communications at the very time that billions of people have come to rely on the Internet as their primary tool for communication, social connection, and information gathering. As a result, the “open Internet” is a far cry from what millions of users might have otherwise expected or believed, with openness more aptly referencing their openly accessible private communications.