Privacy in the Age of Big Data

Theresa Payton is one of America's most respected authorities on Internet security, net crime, fraud mitigation, and technology implementation. As White House Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2008 -- the first woman ever to hold that position -- she administered the information technology enterprise for the President and 3,000 staff members. Prior to working in federal government, Payton held executive roles in banking technology at Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Payton is the founder of Fortalice, LLC, a security, risk, and fraud consulting company. In 2010, she was named by Security Magazine as one of the top 25 "Most Influential People in Security." She, also, serves as a cyber-expert for the syndicated program America Now and is co-author of Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are You Naked Online? (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).Theodore Claypoole is a technology attorney and is currently cochair of the Cyberspace Mobile Commerce Subcommittee for the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. Ted is the author of chapters in published books on biometrics and data security, as well as several articles on Internet security and Internet law. He is currently leader of the Privacy and Data Management team at the law firm Womble Carlyle. He leads data breach incident response teams in the financial, information processing, retail, and software industries. Ted consults on information security, privacy, consumer data treatment, and contingency planning matters, and advises clients on strategic technology and marketing alliances. Ted was previously the in-house technology and Internet counsel for CompuServe and Bank of America.

Digital data collection and surveillance gets more pervasive and invasive by the day; but the best ways to protect yourself and your data are all steps you can take yourself. Understanding new technologies and surveillance measures, the benefits they provide, and the data security we give up in order to enjoy them helps us understand our best protection measures. Individual behaviors as well as legislative advances can soften the trade-off of security, and convenience, over privacy. This book analyzes why privacy is important to all of us, and describes the technologies that put your data most at risk, starting with modern computing and the Internet.

IntroductionChapter 1. The Intersection of Privacy, Law, and TechnologyTech Section I. Ground Zero: Your Computer and the InternetChapter 2. Your Computer is Watching YouChapter 3. How Government Follows Your Electronic TracksChapter 4. Chased Online by Criminals and SnoopsChapter 5. Just Hanging Our Online . . .Chapter 6. The Spy in Your PocketTech Section II. Risks in the StreetsChapter 7. Cameras EverywhereChapter 8. When Your Car is Just Another ComputerChapter 9. When Your Own Body Gives You AwayChapter 10. DNA and Your Health RecordsTech Section III. Home is Where the Heart (of Surveillance) IsChapter 11. Home Sweet Home: Spies in Your Living RoomChapter 12. Risks of Computer and Phone NetworksTech Section IV. Where Do We Go From Here?Chapter 13. The Future of Technology and PrivacyChapter 14. Laws and Regulations That Could Help Preserve Privacy