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This timely volume reviews key issues and developments in the
controversial area of public sector information (PSI). It addresses
the fundamental themes, challenges and conflicts surrounding the
access to, and use of, PSI in the new digital era. Using detailed
empirical analyses and case studies from across Europe and the USA,
the authors focus on the crucial policy, economic, legal and social
issues. The public sector is the biggest single producer and holder
of information including administrative and government documents,
regulatory texts, political data and public registers. The authors
demonstrate that this huge store of information is a key resource
for a broad range of stakeholders such as citizens, civic
organisations, private businesses and public sector agencies. They
argue that charging the marginal cost of dissemination, a policy
favoured in the US, will lead to optimal economic growth in society
and will far outweigh the immediate perceived benefits of
aggressive cost recovery. They illustrate how open government
information policies create significant economic advantages to
society and are beneficial in both the short and long term for the
general public, the private sector and for governments themselves.
This is one of the first books devoted to addressing the new
challenges of access to PSI and the role of public policy. The
international contributors, including leading experts from Europe
and US, have produced an informative and coherent resource that
will be of interest to scholars, students and decision-makers
working in the fields of public policy, economics, political
science, law and information technology.
This book examines the fundamental question of how legislators and
other rule-makers should handle remembering and forgetting
information (especially personally identifiable information) in the
digital age. It encompasses such topics as privacy, data
protection, individual and collective memory, and the right to be
forgotten when considering data storage, processing and deletion.
The authors argue in support of maintaining the new digital
default, that (personally identifiable) information should be
remembered rather than forgotten. The book offers guidelines for
legislators as well as private and public organizations on how to
make decisions on remembering and forgetting personally
identifiable information in the digital age. It draws on three main
perspectives: law, based on a comprehensive analysis of Swiss law
that serves as an example; technology, specifically search engines,
internet archives, social media and the mobile internet; and an
interdisciplinary perspective with contributions from various
disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, sociology,
psychology, and economics, amongst others.. Thanks to this
multifaceted approach, readers will benefit from a holistic view of
the informational phenomenon of "remembering and forgetting". This
book will appeal to lawyers, philosophers, sociologists,
historians, economists, anthropologists, and psychologists among
many others. Such wide appeal is due to its rich and
interdisciplinary approach to the challenges for individuals and
society at large with regard to remembering and forgetting in the
digital age.
This book examines the fundamental question of how legislators and
other rule-makers should handle remembering and forgetting
information (especially personally identifiable information) in the
digital age. It encompasses such topics as privacy, data
protection, individual and collective memory, and the right to be
forgotten when considering data storage, processing and deletion.
The authors argue in support of maintaining the new digital
default, that (personally identifiable) information should be
remembered rather than forgotten. The book offers guidelines for
legislators as well as private and public organizations on how to
make decisions on remembering and forgetting personally
identifiable information in the digital age. It draws on three main
perspectives: law, based on a comprehensive analysis of Swiss law
that serves as an example; technology, specifically search engines,
internet archives, social media and the mobile internet; and an
interdisciplinary perspective with contributions from various
disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, sociology,
psychology, and economics, amongst others.. Thanks to this
multifaceted approach, readers will benefit from a holistic view of
the informational phenomenon of "remembering and forgetting". This
book will appeal to lawyers, philosophers, sociologists,
historians, economists, anthropologists, and psychologists among
many others. Such wide appeal is due to its rich and
interdisciplinary approach to the challenges for individuals and
society at large with regard to remembering and forgetting in the
digital age.
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