Understanding Privacy

privacyprof writes "Slashdot readers familiar with Professor Daniel J. Solove's essay, 'I've Got Nothing to Hide and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy,' might be interested in his new book, Understanding Privacy, which develops many of the ideas in that essay. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, there has been a great struggle to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually impossible. The book argues there are multiple forms of privacy, related to one another by 'family resemblances.' It explains the framework for understanding privacy which was briefly discussed in the 'Nothing to Hide' essay. The book covers the framework in greater depth and explores how it applies to a wide array of privacy issues, such as data mining, surveillance, data security, and consumer privacy. Chapter 1 is available for free download."

Re:Privacy isn't that difficult.

[Aussenseiter]

Privacy is defined by the set of social boundaries dealing with ACCESS in any one society that we are expected not to cross.

So basically, my kitten society has no business venturing into your private blender?

Re:"I've Got Nothing To Hide"

[Broken Toys]

You can have all that and *more* if you subscribe to my newsletter.

Re:Privacy isn't that difficult.

[fyngyrz]

Normal, mentally healthy people don't need to be taught these boundaries, they are implicit social contracts.

[says nothing, waves hands in general direction of congress, the executive, and the judiciary]

Re:Privacy isn't that difficult.

[Anonymous Coward]

Unfortunately, if John Q owns some kind of corporation, chances are that you're in the wrong if you kick him out.

Why don't we ALL get ourselves some kind of corporations! Let's do Reductio ad Absurdum like Church of FSM does in defense of separation of State and Religion. If The Law favors X over Y with some special exempts, we all go to X, our own way. Injustice has to be chased out in the open to be apparent.

Re:Privacy isn't that difficult.

[KDR_11k]

"If you have nothing to hide, why do you wear pants?"