Privacy: History, Legal, Social, and Ethical Aspects and Privacy: Its Role in Federal Government Information Policy.

Shank, Russell; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ342842

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Publication Date: 1986

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Privacy: History, Legal, Social, and Ethical Aspects and Privacy: Its Role in Federal Government Information Policy.

Shank, Russell; And Others

Library Trends, v35 n1 p7-42 Sum 1986

The first of two articles on privacy considers its development in U.S. tort law and its social and ethical aspects in the context of changing technology. The second, by Linowes and Bennett, examines the role of data-protection as a policy problem using the concepts and approaches of political science. (Author/EM)

Descriptors: Disclosure, Electronic Mail, Federal Government, Laws, Management Information Systems, Privacy, Public Policy, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Torts, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bill of Rights; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974; Freedom of Information Act; Privacy Act 1974

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