Big brother, big business
By: a CNBC original production; produced by Lori Gordon ; written by David Faber, Lori Gordon, Josh Howard
Contributors: CNBC (Television network); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Series: LAW 200 (NU course); LAW 400 (NU course); MT 400 (NU course); TMG 605   (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences/Films Media Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Right of Privacy; Data mining; Electronic surveillance; Records; Access control; Information society
Other titles: Data-mining and surveillance industries
Description: The rapid advance of technology allows companies to monitor our every move and record our most private personal information. Driving habits are being recorded; employees are monitored, shoppers and diners are observed and analyzed; internet searches are saved and used as evidence in court.  It is big business that collects most of the data about us. But increasingly, it is the government that's using it. Big brother, big business take an enlightening and sometime disturbing look at how the growth of the information society may be eroding the freedoms many people take for granted.
Notes: Disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Originally broadcasted as a CNBC special report on Nov. 1, 2006.

Edited by Patrick Ahearn; coordinating producer, Alison O'Brien.

Correspondent, David Faber.

DVD-R, NTSC.

Closed-captioned.