Reg Whittaker: The End of Privacy

Scribe Publications

$39.95

If you have a tendency towards the paranoid you probably shouldn't read this book, although it's a very measured account of the dangers of the information technology that is restructuring our political, economic, social and cultural landscape.

Whittaker says its impact is often exaggerated, but its effect is profound.

The vast amounts of personal information moving into corporate hands are potentially more detailed and far more intrusive than the files built up in the past by police and security agencies.