E-government, targeting and data profiling: Policy and ethical issues of diffrential treatment

Journal of E-Government

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-98

  Henman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data profiling; Ethics; Inequality; Public policy principles; Social division; Surveillance; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749012309     PISSN: 15424049     EISSN: 15424057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J399v02n01_05     Document Type: Article

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