| Privacy and the Information Age Contributor(s): Gutwirth, Serge (Author), Casert, Raf (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0742517462 ISBN-13: 9780742517462 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: Serge Gutwirth advances the intriguing thesis that privacy is in fact the safeguard of personal freedom--the safeguard of the individual's freedom to decide who she or he is, what she or he does, and who knows about it. Any restriction on privacy thus means an infringement of personal freedom. And it's exactly this freedom that plays an essential role in every democracy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Media & The Law - Law | Communications |
| Dewey: 342.085 |
| LCCN: 2001048625 |
| Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a time in which new technologies make it easy to gather and process data, the discussion on privacy tends to focus exclusively on the protecting of personal data. To Serge Gutwirth, privacy involves far more. He advances the intriguing thesis that privacy is in fact the safeguard of personal freedom-the safeguard of the individual's freedom to decide who she or he is, what she or he does, and who knows about it. Any restriction on privacy thus means an infringement of personal freedom. And it's exactly this freedom that plays an essential role in every democracy. |