Government surveillance is said to address threats to publicsafety and national security. In addition, private sectororganizations often claim that the collection and analysis of “bigdata†leads to highly efficient business practices and betterservice to customers. Yet, the methods and scope of surveillance inthe 21st century generate difficult questions for policy makers.Suppose it is your task to find an acceptable balance between, onthe one hand, the use of surveillance to enhance public safety andnational security and, on the other hand, society’s interest inguaranteeing personal privacy. To which fields of academic orprofessional activity will you turn for perspective and guidance?How, in your view, do these various fields of academic orprofessional endeavor inform policy debate about surveillance in ademocratic society? Carefully explain your responses. [note: thepurpose of this question is to cause you to think ininterdisciplinary ways about the matters of “surveillance societyâ€and person privacy
