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Language
English
Description
"The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating...
2) Privacy
Language
English
Description
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on the right to privacy, a fundamental right of all Americans, including teenagers.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Internet gives us information, communication options, shopping opportunities, entertainment, and much more---all at the touch of a fingertip and much of it for free. But in exchange for these benefits, we may be losing a basic right: the right to privacy. By clicking to accept website user agreements, we often allow companies to track our activities online and to share our data with outside groups. In addition, the police and government agencies...
6) Crosstalk
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One of science fiction's premiere humorists turns her eagle eye to the crushing societal implications of telepathy. In a not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure that has been promised to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. So when Briddey Flannigan's fiancé proposes that he and Briddey undergo the procedure, she is delighted! Only...the results aren't quite as expected. Instead of gaining an increased...
7) Privacy
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues surrounding privacy. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The surprising story of the fitful development of the right to privacy-and its battle against the public's right to know--across American history. There is no hotter topic than the desire to constrain tech companies like Facebook from exploiting our personal data, or to keep Alexa from spying on you. Privacy has also provoked constitutional crisis (presidential tax returns) while Justice Clarence Thomas seeks to remove the protection of journalists...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This book looks at the way information and data is collected and used by individuals, governments, companies, and organizations. Arguments for both increased security and increased privacy are offered, encouraging readers to think critically about the issues. Topics relevant to children are included, such as being tracked at school, cyberbullying, and online safety."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"It seems like everything Billy Sure invents becomes an instant hit. There's the All Ball and the Sibling Silencer, and now everyone wants some Disappearing Reappearing Makeup and the Stink Spectacular. Billy's latest invention is the Cat-Dog Translator, a device that will finally let cat and dog owners in on what their pets are trying to say. But, as Billy soon learns, when pets start talking, there's no telling what kinds of embarrassing secrets...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Privacy in the Age of Big Data highlights the many positive outcomes of digital surveillance and data collection, while also outlining those forms of data collection to which we do not always consent, and of which we are likely unaware, as well as the dangers inherent in such surveillance and tracking. Theresa M. Payton and Theodore Claypoole skillfully introduce readers to the many ways we are "watched" and how to change behaviors and activities...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and compared. With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world. We can track our kids' every move with apps, see their grades within minutes of being...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world. Derived from our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we get, the ads we see, the information accessible to us and even who our friends are. These complex configurations not only form knowledge and social relationships in the digital and physical world, but also determine who we are and who we can be, both on and offline. Algorithms...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The essential road map for understanding-and defending-your right to privacy in the twenty-first century. Privacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia, acclaimed civil rights advocate Danielle Citron has spent decades working with lawmakers...
Author
Series
Publisher
BrightPoint Press, an imprint of ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Protect Yourself Online examines the risks and benefits of using the internet today. Readers will learn the history of important online issues, the warning signs of common online dangers, and the ways in which they can get online safely and responsibly"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Online and mobile technologies profoundly influence how we read, write, learn and work. Online behaviour follows us all through our schooling and careers. Explore skills for communicating smartly across many digital technologies, how multitasking affects learning and work and how online posts can become skeletons in a digital closet, causing school expulsions, destroying college admissions, and blowing job offers. Discover how to protect your privacy,...
20) Kiss & tell
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye.
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