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Book SynopsisThe purpose of Waiving Our Rights: The Personal Data Collection Complex and its Threat to Privacy and Civil Liberties is to alert Americans to the erosion of our fundamental rights, and what to do about that. This book is not just about the right to privacy anymore.
Trade ReviewExamines cases and the legality of privacy of government-held information vs. the continual 'waiving of rights' associated with third parties that collect information and sidestep legal responsibility. * Library Journal *
This book by Orlan Lee is a fine piece of research work on personal data collection practices in the USA. It presents a strong statement for stricter data protection rules in the USA where the personal data gathering industry has gone wild and no proper safeguards exist. * Jusletter IT Die Zeitschrift für IT und Recht *
Lee emphasizes the importance of waivers being both voluntary and informed.... There is much interesting descriptive material in the book, and the author is clearly justifiably disturbed by the practices of CRAs. * International Data Privacy Law *
Table of ContentsPreface:Crisis in the Personal Data CollectionComplex Acknowledgments Chapter 1: What Ever Became of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments? Chapter 2: From:“Collecting and Transmitting Credit Information,” To: “Assessing, Attitude, Motivation, and Behavior” Chapter 3: Arbitrary and Capricious Standards Will Be Used Arbitrarily and Capriciously Chapter 4: Validity of “Voluntary Waiver” of Basic Civil and Constitutional Rights in Employment and Financial Transactions Chapter 5: Making a Mockery of “Liberty of Contract” Chapter 6: Can Congress Authorize a Secret Proprietary Masterfile on Every American? Afterword: The New Frontier of Civil Liberties: Mandatory “Voluntary Waivers” of Civil and Constitutional Rights: Appendix A: A liberal American University Goes Over to Lifetime Surveillance Appendix B: InfoLink’s List of Federal/State/Court Credit Bureau Files Searches with Their Descriptions Appendix C: Consent to Ongoing Surveillance by Mobile Phone Operators, Public Utilities Companies, TV Cable Companies, Internet Service Providers, . . . Appendix D: Model Authorization to Verify Information The Author Index of Names Index of Cases Index of Statutes
