Beginning with an introduction that defines and explores privacy as a social and psychological concept and continuing with articles that discuss the ramifications of privacy for social policy, psychology and theory, this book provides an in-depth and insightful look at privacy as a pertinent social concern. Articles included address transborder data flows of personal information; public opinion and U.S. legislative responses to privacy; medical and genetic privacy; e-commerce from a justice theory perspective; employment selection procedures and invasiveness; individuals' means of resisting and neutralizing surveillance; links between privacy, secrecy and deception; and an evaluation of the contributions of Westin's and Altman's theories of privacy.

Beginning with an introduction that defines and explores privacy as a social and psychological concept and continuing with articles that discuss the ramifications of privacy for social policy, psychology and theory, this book provides an in-depth and insightful look at privacy as a pertinent social concern.
Defines and explores privacy as a social and psychological concept.
Includes articles on the transborder data flows of personal information; public opinion and legislation on privacy; medical and genetic privacy; e-commerce and justice theory; invasiveness in employment procedures; how individuals resist and neutralize surveillance; and the links between privacy, secrecy and deception.
Offers an evaluation of the contributions of Westin's and Altman's theories of privacy.