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Peer reviewedLearn, Larry L. – Library Hi Tech, 1988
This overview of the telecommunications environment discusses: (1) influences of technology, economics, politics, and government; (2) legal separations and jurisdictions; (3) pricing policies; and (4) bypass of local facilities. Probable changes and impacts on national and local information servers, local telecommunications carriers, and…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Glossaries, Government Role
Peer reviewedRubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes the development and current uses of computerized databases of information about individuals by the government and private agencies, especially credit bureaus, and discusses three major categories of abusive information practices that threaten personal privacy: information collection, information dissemination, and information management…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Networks, Confidential Records, Credit (Finance)
