Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space

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Today, public space has become a fruitful venue for surveillance of many kinds. Emerging surveillance technologies used by governments, corporations, and even individual members of the public are reshaping the very nature of physical public space. Especially in urban environments, the ability of individuals to remain private or anonymous is being challenged. Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Space problematizes our traditional understanding of ‘public space’. The chapter authors explore intertwined concepts to develop current privacy theory and frame future scholarly debate on the regulation of surveillance in public spaces. This book also explores alternative understandings of the impacts that modern living and technological progress have on the experience of being in public, as well as the very nature of what public space really is. Representing a range of disciplines and methods, this book provides a broad overview of the changing nature of public space and the complex interactions between emerging forms of surveillance and personal privacy in these public spaces. It will appeal to scholars and students in a variety of academic disciplines, including sociology, surveillance studies, urban studies, philosophy, law, communication and media studies, political science, and criminology. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgements 1. Privacy and surveillance in the streets: An introduction Introduction The nature of public space Concepts, distinctions, and the search for boundaries Conclusion Notes References 2. In the privacy of our streets Introduction The street and the public sphere Privacy and its value Privacy in the streets Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References 3. Building ivory surveillance towers: Transformations of public space in higher education Introduction Universities as public spaces Historical dynamics to the 1960s Contemporary technologies of university surveillance Surveillance and discipline Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References 4. The changing nature of public space in São Paulo: A taxonomic approach Introduction Public space is dead – long live public space: the historic transformation of public space Public space as an academic lens Towards a taxonomy of public space Public space in the Brazilian debate The city of São Paulo and its urban transformation Testing the taxonomy: a comparison of two public spaces Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References 5. A window into the soul: Biosensing in public Introduction The nature of biosensed data Remote biosensing in context Biosensing: beyond information privacy Sensing and legal frameworks Conclusion: a consideration of remedies Acknowledgements Notes References 6. Adverse detection: The promise and peril of body-worn cameras Introduction The promise of police body-worn cameras The inherent bias of police-generated surveillance data Adverse detection Identification The reputation economy Key recommendation: regulate Additional recommendations Conclusion Notes References 7. “The end of privacy as we know it”: Reconsidering public space in the age of Google Glass Introduction Highlighting the technological in privacy: the theory of technological mediation Glass as performative uncertainty in public Glass as a mask collector and narrator: an Arendtian perspective Approaching the privacy puzzle of Google Glass: an empirical investigation Toward increased responsibility by Google Glass users Acknowledgements Notes References 8. Revisiting privacy in public spaces in the context of digital vigilantism Introduction Vigilantism revisited Privacy and online shaming of people in public spaces Discussion Notes References 9. Emergency calls with a photo attached: The effects of urging citizens to use their smartphones for surveillance Introduction Societies of discipline Societies of control Policy implications Conclusion Acknowledgments and author’s note Notes References 10. “I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo”: Street photography in the service of the male gaze Introduction “Creepshots” Third-party use of virtual street-map imagery A turn to privacy will not help Surveillance and objectification Solutions: technical and social rather than legal Note References 11. Legal standards of location privacy in light of the mosaic theory Introduction Location-sharing technologies The mosaic theory in legal scholarship US jurisprudence on the mosaic theory European standards regarding location privacy protection Criticism of the mosaic theory Conclusion Acknowledgment Notes References 12. Surveillance and privacy in North American public spaces Introduction Canada United States Mexico Conclusion Notes References Index