\u003cP\u003eThe last decade has witnessed the emergence of a surveillance-industrial complex as securitised data about customers begins to flow between the private sector and government.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003eThrough detailed empirical analysis \u003cEM\u003eThe Private Security State?\u003c/EM\u003e questions how private sector organizations achieve compliance with demands for customer data. Whilst others have argued that diffused security arrangements de-politicises it, this book shows that national security becomes re-politicised as it re-surfaces in the politics of production within the business enterprise.\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u003cEM\u003eThe Private Security State?\u003c/EM\u003e\u0026nbsp;revolves around case studies of two surveillance regimes: The Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terror Finance regulations in retail financial services; and the EBorders regulations in the retail travel industry.\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003eThe\u0026nbsp;book examines how these new government demands for information intertwine with the activities of private sector organizations, as their systems, processes, customers and employees are integrated into national security frameworks.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/P\u003e