David Lyon

David Lyon is Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of a number of books, including The Information Society (Polity, 1988), The Electronic Eye (Polity, 1994), Computers, Surveillance and Privacy (Minnesota, 1996) and his work has been translated into ten languages. He has held visiting positions at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, Leeds University in the UK, Calvin College in the USA and Ecole des Hautes Eutdes en Sciences Sociales, France.