Are they exceeding their powers and threatening people’s privacy rights?

Surveillance capitol of the world

Over 4 million public/private cameras in use

London- avg. citizen appears on camera 300 times a day

Closed-circuit TV Use of video cameras to transmit a signal

to specific, limited amnt. of monitors “smart cameras”

Recognizes individuals through “face recognition” software

Exploits info. from gov’t. & private databases to find matches (of criminal or terrorists)

Berwick: burglaries dropped 69%

Northampton: overall crime decreased by 57%

Glasgow, Scotland: overall crime fell by 68%

Baltimore: 90 cams in Inner Harbour tourist area and high-crime neighborhoods

Chicago: adding 250 cams in high-crime areas Cams can hear gunshots and aim at the sound Linking 2,000 cams so feeds can be watched

at emergency operations center

Pros Crime reduction

Increased safety

Evidence for investigations

Cons Invasion of privacy

Misuse of images

What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection, but what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected

When [an individual] traveled over the public streets he voluntarily conveyed to anyone who wanted to look the fact that he was traveling over particular roads in a particular direction, and the fact of his final destination when he exited from public roads onto private property

Truman Show

Traffic Cam

Several different way to collect information:Credit CardsLoyalty Cards (e.g. Giant Eagle and Finish Line)Surveillance CamerasElectronic Web FormsCookies - small data structures used by websites

or servers to store and retrieve information on the user’s side of the Internet connection

E-mail

Ways to protect your personal information:

Using Cash at all time (Good Luck)Use public computersDo no fill out any webs forms using personal

informationDelete history pages on your computerDelete cookies from your computer

“We are living in a surveillance society but our data protection laws are not up to the job” (Mayo, Ed)

Basically this means that with today’s technologies we are under constant surveillance and the laws we have now do not let us choose how we want our private information handled.

Surveillance can be harmful

Can lead to: Inferior products (not new and improved) Poorer Service Reinforcement of existing economic inequalities

Not all surveillance is bad surveillance

Improvements of technology Customize goods and services Channel investment more efficiently Tackle fraud Improves competitiveness

Information marketing companies

InfoUSA, formerly known as Donnelly Marketing Keeps dossiers on 90% of American households

Collects and manages massive files that keeps information on family preferences ranging from pets to politics

Database of over 210 million US consumers Pays over $50 million a year to keep their database

updated

InfoUSAMarketZone Platinum

Service that provides you with decision support, customer and market segmentation and analysis, campaign planning, execution, as well as record updating and matching. Helps understand the market Better ways to market their products Allows companies to reach customers more

effectively

Being under surveillance does not only mean in the physical sense

Where does your personal information go when you buy items, with say your credit card?The answer is most people do not knowThis information depending on how it is used

can either hurt people or help people

Conducted a survey that said: 78% of Companies surveillance their

employees 63% monitor internet use 47% review stored e-mails 15% monitor by video surveillance 12% record phone calls 8% review voice messages

Employers can look at information in stored databases or in real time and by using computer software.

Examples Webroot WinGuardian

Captures every key stroke (even deleted ones) eSniff

Surveillances every activity made on the computer or internet

Surveillance can effect employees negatively, it can cause: Decreased morale Decreased dignity Increased stress Worry of being terminated on false

information If an employee accidently clicked on something

or if they went to a web site they thought was something else

1986 First federal statute protecting privacy Bars intentional interception of:

Wire/Oral Communication Unauthorized stored information

Businesses allowed to monitor business-related phone and/or with consent from the employee

January 1999 in Kentucky Four ex-employees awarded $20 million

for being wrongfully terminated Management under the impression they

were stealing Set up hidden cameras that picked up audio

from private conversations Employees were just eating damaged

food Which was allowed in the unwritten policy

California attempted to limit surveillance in the workplace Making a bill to prevent monitoring of e-mails It was vetoed

Developed a bill to prevent identity theft Prevents employers from printing Social

Security Numbers on health plans and bank statements