DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes Cyrus Farivar to the store to discuss and sign Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:30 pm. Please note that this event will take place in the lower outdoor courtyard adjacent to our store. 

Show me the data! Until the 21st century, just about all of our activities were private by default, public through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere online forever. That means all of the technologies that have made our lives easier, faster, better, more efficient have also simultaneously made it easier to keep an eye on our activities. In 10 crucial legal cases, Habeas Data explores the tools of surveillance that exist today, how they work, and what the implications are for the future of privacy.

Cyrus Farivar is the Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica and the author of The Internet Elsewhere. He is also a radio producer and has reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times, and others.