Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)

The current debate over privacy presents some of the most complex policy-making challenges we have seen in some time. While data on consumers have long been used for marketing purposes, the Internet has substantially increased the flow of personal information. This has produced great benefits, but it also has raised concerns on the part of individuals about what information is being collected, how it is being used and who has access to it. These concerns, in turn, have led to calls for new government regulation. This study focuses on the market for personal information used for advertising and marketing purposes, which is the market affected by most of the regulatory and legislative proposals now under consideration. Unfortunately, there has been little careful analysis of these proposals and their likely consequences. This book attempts to fill this gap by addressing the following basic questions: Are there failures' in the market for personal information? If market failures exist, how do they adversely affect consumers? Can such failures be remedied by government regulation? Would the benefits of government regulation exceed the costs? A/LISTA The authors find that the commercial market for information appears to be working well and is responding to consumers' privacy concerns. They conclude that regulation imposed on a medium like the Internet that is changing so rapidly would have unpredictable and costly consequences. This study is a product of The Progress & Freedom Foundation's project on Regulating Personal Information: Balancing Benefits and Costs. The Progress & Freedom Foundation studies the impact of the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. It conductsresearch in fields such as electronic commerce, telecommunications and the impact of the Internet on government, society and economic growth. It also studies issues such as the need to reform government regulation, especially in technology-intensive fields such as medical innovation, energy and environmental regulation.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	2002
Authors:	Paul H. Rubin • Thomas M. Lenard
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	100
Edition:	2002 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-7581-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Privacy & data protection
LSN:	0-7923-7581-5
Barcode:	9780792375814

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