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M. Hildebrandt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; S. Gutwirth, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Eds.)
Keywords: Data Protection, Privacy, Profiling
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In the eyes of many, one of the most challenging problems of the information society is that we are faced with an ever expanding mass of information. Selection of the relevant bits of information seems to become more important than the retrieval of data as such: the information is all out there, but what it means and how we should act on it may be one of the big questions of the 21st century. If an information society is a society with an exponential proliferation of data, a knowledge society must be the one that has learned how to cope with this. Profiling technologies seem to be one of the most promising technological means to create order in the chaos of proliferating data. In this volume a multi- focal view will be developed to focus upon what profiling is, where it is applied and what may be the impact on democracy and rule of law. The book is the result of research conducted within the framework of the FIDIS (Future of Identity of Information Society) NoE (Network of Excellence). |
This volume aims to put profiling on the agenda of computer scientists, social scientists, lawyers, philosophers and others, by presenting a multifocal perspective that provides serious insight into profiling while also grounding it in its societal context. It consists of a set of main contributions followed by cross-disciplinary replies, thus generating a productive discussion across the borders of different research communities.
2008. XXX, 374 p. 20 illus. Hardcover
59,95 €, $84.95, SFr. 104.50, £46.00
ISBN 978-1-4020-6913-0
Gary T. Marx, Professor Emeritus, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), : this volume ‘includes a variety of disciplinary perspectives thoughtfully brought to a topic of such emerging social and theoretical importance’ highlighting ‘the clarity and logical organization of the presentation including a very helpful glossary’ and ‘the response of critics and the response to them which keep this lively and far from the didactic quality of so many such volumes.’ He notes that ‘the authors are in general highly experienced leaders in their fields with strong track records. There are no current volumes that come even close to this in comprehensiveness, currency and usefulness to a wide array of specialists’.
Professor Charles Raab, University of Edinburgh : this volume contributes to 'an important and timely subject. It should have an international appeal, to academics, regulators and interest groups who deal with information technologies, privacy, surveillance, regulation, philosophy and cognate subjects. It is academic in tone but accessible to non-academics and to non-specialists.'
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