Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information - Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control (Volume 1 to 5)

Volume 1 - Presentation and Analysis. Containing four studies, this volume, commissioned by STOA, on electronic surveillance and the risk of abuse of economic information compares and contrasts the legislation covering fundamental freedoms with the respect for human rights. Volume 2 - The state of the art in communications. Communications Intelligence (COMINT) of automated processing for intelligence purposes of inrtercepted broadband multi-language leased or common carrier systems, and its applicability to COMINT targeting and selection, including speech recognition. Volume 3 - Encryption and cryptosystems in electronic surveillance : a survey of the technology assessment issues. Volume 4 - The legality of the interception of electronic communications. A concise survey of the principal legal issues and instruments under international, European and national law. Volume 5 - The perception of economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability of electronic commercial media to interception : Survey of opinions of experts.