An interesting overview of what data is collected about you and how it is used. The book is a bit dated in sections, it was written pre-9/11 so the chapter on Terrorism is of course way out of date. But, the chapter on Terrorism is also eerily prescient. The most fascinating chapters were the ones on video surveillance and shopping loyalty programs. There are parts of the book that mention data collection on the Internet, and as this book is pre-Google and pre-Cloud, there are some obvious holes in that section. But, the gist of the book is that data is being collected, sifted, and used by companies to influence your actions every day. I recommend this book. ( )

Interesting read. I don't agree with all of his conclusions, but it was interesting and well written.

Read it and weep (or commit suicide, or go out and berate everybody who didn't vote for Nader, or ...). Ubiquitous surveillance, personal information trafficking, and much more. The book is unnecessarily Americentric: What we're all heading for is Database World.