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Business detective McKeown shows how the average citizen can protect, preserve and maintain a private status without being vulnerable in the information age.Tips and stories reveal who is watching and where weak spots are in the system.

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• Introduction -- the Mustard Man and Me(p. 1)
• Part 1 Your Trail
• Chapter 1 Your Habits(p. 7)
• This Looks Like a Job for Superman
• The Frequent Liars Club
• Patty's Mistake
• Lucky's Big Break
• Chapter 2 Your Trash(p. 25)
• The Day it Rained Garbage
• Trash the Ego
• Behold the Power of Cheese
• It's a Girl
• A Final Word
• Chapter 3 Your Public Profile(p. 47)
• The Leaky Casket Caper
• Big Brother
• Conspiracy Theory
• The Leaky Basement Caper
• Chapter 4 Your Car(p. 67)
• I Showered with a Dead Man!
• Road Rage
• Say Cheese
• The Most Public Record of All
• Chapter 5 Your Telephone(p. 85)
• One Really Bad Bald Man
• The Day the Music Died: The Workplace Phone
• Beep You!
• The Book of The Film
• Chapter 6 Your Mail(p. 107)
• Dougie Does Paris
• Listen to What the (Fat) Man Said
• The Law's Longest Arm
• Chapter 7 Your Credit Cards(p. 129)
• Dinning at its Finest
• What's My Line?
• Big Brother is Watching
• Chapter 8 Your Computer(p. 143)
• Let's Get Together and Feel all Right: The Ease of Electronic Theft
• An Immodest Proposal
• Office Politics
• Your E-mail
• Erase vs. Delete: Discard vs. Destroy
• The Games People Play
• Part 2 My Tools(p. 163)
• Hold Still, This'll Only Hurt for a Second
• Chapter 9 The Pretext(p. 165)
• I Can Get it for you Wholesale
• The Company you Keep
• Talkin' the Talk
• A Formal Approach
• Chapter 10 Eavesdropping and Phone Scams(p. 181)
• Let that be a Lesson to you
• Phone Clones
• A Boring Conversation
• Let your Fingers Do the Talking
• Chapter 11 Robbing your Identity(p. 199)
• The Right Man for the Job
• An Offer he Couldn't Refuse
• Chapter 12 Too Good to be True(p. 213)
• The Trojan Horse Effect
• Meaner than a Junkyard Dog
• Instinct Appeal: Hook, Line, and Sinker
• For Me?
• Party Favors
• Chapter 13 Tourist Traps(p. 223)
• On the Beach
• Now Boarding: Wandering Eyes
• Who's Watching Whom
• Chapter 14 Surveillance Toys(p. 233)
• The Black Box
• Tracking Devices
• Don't Say Anything, I'll be Right Back
• Chapter 15 The Limitations of Technology(p. 241)
• An Inside Job
• Conclusion(p. 251)
• Looking Ahead
• A Gentle Reminder
• Resources(p. 255)
• Bibliography

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Library Journal Review

Private investigator McKeown relates many fascinating stories of his trade in this guide to protecting one's privacy. He argues that anything and everything about a person can be found with little effort or cost; caller ID and "cookies" in the computer system can compromise our privacy, and public records, mail, and trash are all accessible to those who want to harm us. McKeown's advice is timely and practical, e.g., he suggests keeping a disposable camera in the glove compartment to document an accident or road rage and shredding or bleaching any papers being thrown away. The book includes a brief list of online resources and organizations that promote privacy rights, but because it is written from the perspective of the victim, it does not list resources for information brokers or databases that allow online searches of tax liens, judgments, and court cases. A valuable addition to the books on personal privacy; for all collections.ÄHarry Charles, Attorney at Law, St. Louis (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Top security advisor Kevin McKeown has a case history that includes cracking an international high-tech smuggling ring with the FBI and U.S. Customs, reversing Robert De Niro's 1996 arrest for assault, and conducting an undercover investigation of Kraft Foods for patent infringement. He maintains residences in both New York City and Washington, D.C.,
Dave Stern is the author of several previous works of fiction and nonfiction. He lives in New England, where he is hard at work on his next book.