GS1-4 - Privacy

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Author and Citation Info: 

DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Privacy. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).

Learning Objectives: 
  • Discuss the status of the concept of privacy in the U.S. legal regime
  • Explain how conversion of land records data from analog to digital form increases risk to personal privacy
  • Compare and contrast geographic information technologies that are privacy-invasive, privacy-enhancing, and privacy-sympathetic
  • Explain the argument that human tracking systems enable “geoslavery”
  • Explain how data aggregation is used to protect personal privacy in data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau