Browsing Surveillance Studies Centre (SSC) by Title
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Canadian and Israeli Defense -- Industrial and Homeland Security Ties: An Analysis
(The Surveillance Project, 2008-11)This report examines specific recent linkages between Canada and Israel in the Homeland Security field. To this end the paper is divided into: (1) a short overview of the general context impelling the growth in Canadian ... -
David Lyon's Introduction to The New Transparency Project
(2009-06-01)David Lyon's introduction to The New Transparency Project begun in 2008 under The Surveillance Project. (Large file - 215 MB. You can download to play later. For PC: right click to select 'Save Target As..."; for Mac: ... -
Deep Packet Inspection in Perspective: Tracing its lineage and surveillance Potentials
(The Surveillance Project, 2009-01)Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are responsible for transmitting and delivering their customers’ data requests, ranging from requests for data from websites, to that from filesharing applications, to that from participants ... -
The Globalization of Personal Data: A mid-term report to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC)
(2005)This report details the work-in-progress of the Globalization of Personal Data project, funded by the SSHRC INE1 program and based at Queen’s University. The project investigates some of the many ways that personal data ... -
Location Technologies: Mobility, Surveillance and Privacy: A Report to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada under the Contributions Program
(The Surveillance Project, 2005-03)The report looks at the broad context of contemporary surveillance, and how location technologies fit within this increasingly networked and integrated environment. It also comments on developments in other countries -- ... -
The Political Economy of Israel’s Homeland Security
(The Surveillance Project, 2009-04)In this report, Gordon argues that the “Israeli experience”, in its various manifestations, has played a pivotal role in the formation of Israel’s homeland security industry and helps explain the industry’s subsequent ... -
A Report on Camera Surveillance in Canada : Part One
(2009-01)Although cameras have been appearing for some years in the streets, shopping malls, airports, train stations, arenas and even convenience stores and taxi-cabs, no one has undertaken a systematic survey of what's happening ...