Private collection of personal information / Ron Plesser ; produced by Gregg McVicar.

Program Title:
Private collection of personal information / Ron Plesser ; produced by Gregg McVicar.
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SZ0705.06
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Series which explores how changes in communication and information technologies are encroaching upon the individuals right to privacy.|PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION / Ron Plesser| produced by Gregg McVicar. SERIES: Computers, freedom, and privacy| no. 6 Series which explores how changes in communication and information technologies are encroaching upon the individuals right to privacy. CONTENT: Panel discussion structured as a mock debate among members of an imagined U.S. data protection board. They are debating a supermarket shoppers' club program in which items purchased are retrievable by the identity of the consumer. The potential for generating market lists from this data is great, and the types of personal information collected by the private sector is exposed. Panel is comprised of Ron Plesser, chair, Piper and Marbury| Janlori Goldman, ACLU| John Baker, Equifax, James D. McQuaid, Metromail| James Rule, SUNY-Stony Brook| Mary Culnan, Georgetown University| P. Michael Neugent, Citicorp. BROADCAST: Satellite, Summer 1992.

Panel discussion structured as a mock debate among members of an imagined U.S. data protection board. They are debating a supermarket shoppers' club program in which items purchased are retrievable by the identity of the consumer. The potential for generating market lists from this data is great, and the types of personal information collected by the private sector is exposed.

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Satellite, Summer 1992.
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1 reel (58 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|59:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1992.
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