Data retention and the panoptic society: The social benefits of forgetfulness

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-45

  Blanchette, Jean François ^a   Johnson, Deborah G ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Data retention; Informational privacy; Privacy policy; Social forgetfulness; Social memory; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005214     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240252818216     Document Type: Article

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