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"Studying privacy is an ongoing, evolutionary process, just like the development of this book. What began as a proposal on cyberharassment of LGBTQ persons grew into a doctoral dissertation on information privacy, generally. That, in turn, grew into several law review articles analyzing a broad range of topics, from sharing intimate photos to information flow in intellectual property. Throughout this time, my thinking on privacy evolved. It evolved after law school, then again after online and face-to-face harassment took national attention in 2010, and then again after reading the works of Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, Julie Cohen, Daniel Solove, Helen Nissenbaum, and others"--
List of contents
Introduction - what's at stake?; Part I. What Do We Mean By 'Privacy': 1. Privacy as freedom from; 2. Privacy as freedom for; 3. Social theories of privacy; Part II. Privacy, Sharing, and Trust: 4. Trust and sharing; 5. What does trust mean for rivacy?; Part III. A Trust-Based Approach to Privacy and Information Law: 6. The responsibilities of data collectors; 7. Previously disclosed information; 8. Trust and cyberharassment; 9. Information flow in intellectual property; 10. Trust and robots; Conclusion - the future of privacy and trust.
About the author
Ari Ezra Waldman is Professor of Law and Director of the Innovation Center for Law and Technology at New York Law School. He is a widely published and internationally sought-after scholar of data privacy, online social life, and cyber harassment. He founded the first and, to-date, only law school clinic that provides free counsel to victims of cyber harassment. His scholarship on privacy and trust won the Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Award in 2016. Professor Waldman also won the Best Paper Award, sponsored by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, at the 2017 Privacy Law Scholars Conference. He earned an A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College; a J.D. from Harvard Law School; and a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University.
Summary
This book is perfect for scholars and students of law, sociology, policy, history, and other social sciences. But because it is written in an accessible way and uses real examples from everyday life, it is also attractive to anyone interested in privacy, from informed readers to activists.
