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Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World

Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World

Ufuoma Akpojivi
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522571131|ISBN10: 1522571132|EISBN13: 9781522571148
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch001
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Akpojivi, Ufuoma. "Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World." Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch001

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Akpojivi, U. (2019). Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch001

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Akpojivi, Ufuoma. "Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World." In Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch001

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Abstract

The emergence and usage of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) by states, institutions and individuals has challenged and created a shift in the normative idea of privacy from rights to solitude. Consequently, this chapter sought to ascertain if emerging democracies and economies such as South Africa and Nigeria have privacy frameworks that adequately guarantee and protect the privacy of their citizens in this globalized era. Using policy analysis, this chapter argues that although the privacy provisions in South Africa are comprehensive, the privacy framework fails to address the privacy leak associated with the usage of these ICTs. Whereas, in Nigeria, it was observed that the privacy framework is inadequate as there are no specific privacy provisions, thus the assertion that Nigerians have no privacy in this globalized era of connectivity.

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