Definition(s)
Surveillance is purposeful, routine, systematic and focused attention paid to personal details,
for the sake of control, entitlement, management, influence or protection.
(Amoore, L., Ball, K., Graham, S., Green, N., Lyon, D., Pridmore, J., Norris, C., Raab, C., & Saetnan, A. R. (2006).
A Report on the Surveillance Society: For the Information Commissioner by the Surveillance Studies Network. 102.)
Data surveillance or ‘dataveillance’ is the systematic use of personal data systems in the investigation or monitoring of the actions
or communications of one or more persons (Clarke R. 2006 [1997],
Introduction to Dataveillance and Information Privacy, and Definitions of Terms)