Where in the World Is My Information?: Giving People Access to Their Data

Willis Ware and his committee developed their principles in a world where business and government information systems were very different from today's interconnected and complex environment. They foresaw that the rise of computer information processing capability would place more strain on individual privacy, but they would have been hard-pressed to see just how far that capability would go. We're living in revolutionary times, but the reason for the principles--particularly the right to access information--is as sound and fundamental as it ever was.