Privacy Fallacy - Harm and Power in the Information Economy

"Explains how privacy laws are overridden by technology companies and how they can be improved.Drawing from behavioral science, psychology, sociology, and economics, the book dispels misconceptions that trap us into ineffective approaches to growing digital harms. It then develops solutions based on corporate accountability"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The traditionalist approach to privacy; 2. The privacy myths: rationality and apathy; 3. The consent illusion; 4. Manipulation by design; 5. Traditionalist data protection rules; 6. Pervasive data harms; 7. Privacy as corporate accountability; Conclusion.

About the author

Ignacio Cofone is the Canada Research Chair in A.I. Law & Data Governance at McGill University and an Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project. He writes about how the law should adapt to technological and economic change with a focus on privacy and AI.

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Cofone, Ignacio (Mcgill University Cofone, Ignacio (University of Oxford) Cofone
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781316518113
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51811-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / General, Impact of science and technology on society, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Privacy and data protection, Central / national / federal government policies, Privacy law, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, Legal Technology, IT & Communications law, Economic administrative law and public commercial law