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1 - Corporate Surveillance and the Need for Transparency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2022

Isabel Wagner
Isabel Wagner
Affiliation:
De Montfort University, Leicester
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Summary

This chapter explains what corporate surveillance is, describes the corporate surveillance ecosystem and its evolution, and analyzes the human rights risks associated with corporate surveillance. The chapter also motivates the need for transparency and accountability in the modern ecosystem of big technology companies.

Keywords

corporate surveillancehuman rights riskstransparency
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Auditing Corporate Surveillance Systems
Research Methods for Greater Transparency
 , pp. 3 - 13
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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