Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information /

The current debate over privacy presents some of the most complex policy-making challenges we have seen in some time. While data on consumers have long been used for marketing purposes, the Internet has substantially increased the flow of personal information. This has produced great benefits, but i...

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Main Author: Rubin, Paul H.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lenard, Thomas M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
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