Legal aspects of data gathering and information exchange
1. Legal aspects of data gathering and information exchange Steven Segaert
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3. Information society... 08 February 2011 Legal aspects - Belgrade Our starting point is the commonplace observation that we are in a period of intense social change. Numerous writers have argued that the West is currently experiencing a profound shift from an industrial society to a post-industrial, Information Society. Some argue that the shift has affected people's ability to make sense of the rapid changes in which society is immersed. These changes contrast with commonly understood ways of seeing the world and with our taken-for-granted ways of understanding such familiar terms as "information", "location", and "knowledge". “ An inclusive global information society is one where all persons, without distinction, are empowered freely to create, receive, share and utilize information and knowledge for their economic, social, cultural and political development”. (WSIS) A society where communication and information technologies influence the everyday lives of most of its members. Helped by the advance of the Internet and a 'wired' culture, technology is used for a wide range of personal, social, educational and business activities, and to transmit receive and exchange digital data rapidly between places despite great distances. In an information society, information is as powerful a resource as the manufacturing and agricultural industries were in previous eras. Also known as the knowledge economy, digital era or information superhighway. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. The knowledge economy is its economic counterpart whereby wealth is created through the economic exploitation of understanding. Specific to this kind of society is the central position information technology has for production, economy, and society at large. Information society is seen as the successor to industrial society. (Wikipedia)
8. The flow of information 08 February 2011 Legal aspects - Belgrade
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17. 08 February 2011 Legal aspects - Belgrade Way too much work! We can’t let all that information go public, surely?! How much will all that cost? Don’t tell people what we do; they won’t understand it anyway... Ok, I got it. Give us three years, we will make it then! Journalists would have a field day...
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37. More information (lots of it) 08 February 2011 Legal aspects - Belgrade www.ictregulationtoolkit.org
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