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Confidential Information Sources, Second Edition: Public and Private [Hardcover]

John M. Carroll (Author)

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0750690186 978-0750690188 August 14, 1991 2
This edition includes the effects of massive computerization on the
collection, storage, and reporting of personal data. For investigations and back-ground checks of any type, this outstanding volume tells how to hire reliable employees, sell to solvent customers, and purchase from reliable vendors. Carroll also examines troubling issues of ethics, accuracy, and privacy in our age of electronic information transfer.



Discusses the way the nation collects, stores, and uses personal information.
Addresses the ethical questions about how personal data should be used.
Highlights the changes in information collection brought about by computers.

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John M. Carroll is Professor of Computer Science, Education, and Psychology, and Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction, at Virginia Tech. He has written more than 250 technical papers, more than 25 conference plenary addresses, and 12 books. He serves on 10 editorial boards for journals and handbooks, has won the Rigo Career Achievement Award from ACM, received the Silver Core Award from IFIP, and is a member of the CHI Academy.


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The first edition of this book was based on information I developed in 1970-1972 as consultant and chief investigator for the Canada Privacy and Computers Task Force. Read the first page
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United States, New York, American Express, Privacy Act, Trans Union, Bureau of the Census, Credit Data, Air Canada, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, North America, Credit Managers, United Kingdom, Equifax Canada, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles, Medical Information Bureau, Montreal Credit Bureau, Reid Report, Social Insurance, Equifax Credit Services, Ontario Medical Association, Personnel Managers, Yuba City, British Columbia
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