Privacy Law and Society

Download or read book Privacy Law and Society written by Anita L. Allen and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privacy Law and Society is a comprehensive new introduction to U.S. privacy laws and perspectives. The up-to-date book is divided into four major easy-to-follow chapters. Chapter 1 covers the four invasion of privacy torts, plus related confidentiality and publicity doctrines. Chapter 2 covers federal and some state constitutional privacy concepts, featuring the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Fourteenth and Twenty-first Amendments. Chapters 3 and 4 survey all of the major federal privacy and data-protection statutes, including record-keeping, education, health, financial, internet and communications privacy laws. Chapter 4 focuses on vital national surveillance laws, such as the Wiretap Act, FISA, CALEA and the PATRIOT Act.