Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Globalization of Personal Information 1
5. Introduction 5
6. Methodological Considerations
7. The Cross-Cultural Study of Privacy: Problems and Prospects 8
8. Application of the Vignette Approach to Analyzing Cross-Cultural Incomparabilities in Attitudes to Privacy of Personal Data and Security Checks at Airports 31
9. Privacy Regimes and Resistance to Surveillance
10. Introduction 47
11. Legal Constraints on Transferring Personal Information across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of PIPEDA and Foreign Privacy Laws 50
12. Shunning Surveillance or Welcoming the Watcher? Exploring How People Traverse the Path of Resistance 70
13. North America, Europe, and Developing Countries
14. The United States and Canada
15. Introduction 87
16. The Harris-Westin Index of General Concern about Privacy: An Exploratory Conceptual Replication 91
17. Security vs Privacy: Media Messages, State Policies, and American Public Trust in Government 110
18. Quebec, the Rest of Canada, and the International Survey: A Case of Two Solitudes? A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions about Privacy and Personal Information Issues 127
19. Eastern vs Western Europe
20. Introduction 147
21. Changing Attitudes in a Changing Society? Information Privacy in Hungary, 1989–2006 150
22. Privacy in France in the Age of Information and Security Technologies 172
23. Developing Countries
24. Introduction 189
25. Dimensions of Internet Inequality and Privacy in China: A Case Study of Seven Cities 193
26. Privacy and Surveillance in Mexico and Brazil: A Cross-National Analysis 212
27. Actors
28. Citizens and Identity
29. Introduction 233
30. National ID Card Systems and Social Sorting: International Public Opinion 236
31. A National ID Card in Canada: Public Perceptions and an Inevitable Future? 257
32. Privacy, Identity, and Digital Policy: A Comparative Assessment of the United States, Spain, and Canada 274
33. Consumers and Workers
34. Introduction 291
35. Loyalty Ambivalence in the United States and Canada: The GPD Survey, the Focus Groups, and the Context of Those Wonderfully Intrusive Loyalty Cards 295
36. Exploring Consumer Rights Regimes and Internet Consumption in Europe 310
37. Is There a Global Approach to Workplace Privacy? 328
38. Conclusions
39. Cross-Cultural Study of Surveillance and Privacy: Theoretical and Empirical Observations 348
40. Appendix 361
41. Contributors 383
42. References 389
43. Index 425