%0 Journal Article %1 Bonner2005/10 %A Bonner, William %A Chiasson, Mike %D 2005/10 %J Information and Organization %K Action Actor-network Balance; Black Canada; Fair Historical Privacy Privacy; The a analysis and boxes; co-operation development; distance; economic for from information legislation; organisation principles; theory; %N 4 %P 267-293 %T If fair information principles are the answer, what was the question? An actor-network theory investigation of the modern constitution of privacy %V 15 %X Privacy concerns are increasing, despite considerable government legislation and organizational resources expended in addressing them. In this paper, we explore the historical and contemporary influences on privacy legislation that redirect privacy efforts towards data, and data sharing. Particularly, we use actor-network theory (ANT) to discover and trace the development, translation and subsequent spread of the influence of international privacy principles (fair information principles, FIP) into de facto standards for addressing privacy concerns. Despite the acceptance of the "black box" of FIP, by official actants across 30 years, its enlistment has enhanced rather than prevented, the sharing of data. Our investigation offers insight into the complex interaction among various social, political and technical elements that have influenced the framing and discourse on privacy: from the early conflict among potential possibilities envisioned in emerging information and communication technologies and diverse concerns about those same potentials, to the development of FIP and how through enlistment, drifts, happenstance, convenience and expediency, its influence has been extended to shape the constitution of privacy across time and space.

@article{Bonner2005/10, abstract = {Privacy concerns are increasing, despite considerable government legislation and organizational resources expended in addressing them. In this paper, we explore the historical and contemporary influences on privacy legislation that redirect privacy efforts towards data, and data sharing. Particularly, we use actor-network theory (ANT) to discover and trace the development, translation and subsequent spread of the influence of international privacy principles (fair information principles, FIP) into de facto standards for addressing privacy concerns. Despite the acceptance of the "black box" of FIP, by official actants across 30 years, its enlistment has enhanced rather than prevented, the sharing of data. Our investigation offers insight into the complex interaction among various social, political and technical elements that have influenced the framing and discourse on privacy: from the early conflict among potential possibilities envisioned in emerging information and communication technologies and diverse concerns about those same potentials, to the development of FIP and how through enlistment, drifts, happenstance, convenience and expediency, its influence has been extended to shape the constitution of privacy across time and space.}, added-at = {2008-08-31T18:03:07.000+0200}, author = {Bonner, William and Chiasson, Mike}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29df546cd85a2b373d92681f83f7d2636/jomiralb}, description = {Old biblio}, interhash = {d02efda25a2f75c7325639e95eb2b09d}, intrahash = {9df546cd85a2b373d92681f83f7d2636}, journal = {Information and Organization}, keywords = {Action Actor-network Balance; Black Canada; Fair Historical Privacy Privacy; The a analysis and boxes; co-operation development; distance; economic for from information legislation; organisation principles; theory;}, number = 4, owner = {oriol}, pages = {267-293}, timestamp = {2008-08-31T18:03:08.000+0200}, title = {If fair information principles are the answer, what was the question? An actor-network theory investigation of the modern constitution of privacy}, volume = 15, year = {2005/10} }