
The Fight for Privacy
Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age
Danielle Keats Citron(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 4. November 2022
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-393-88231-5 (ISBN)
Description
Danielle Keats Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are-in bathrooms and bedrooms, with our families and our lovers, in the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable-and shows us that privacy, as we think we know it, is largely already gone.
From nonconsensual pornography to online extortion, to the sale of our data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse. As Citron reveals, wherever we live, laws have failed miserably to keep up with corporate or individual violators, letting our privacy wash out with the technological tide. With vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims, activists and lawmakers from around the world, The Fight to Privacy argues urgently and forcefully for a reassessment of privacy as a human right. And, as a legal scholar and expert, Citron is the perfect person to show us the way to a happier, better protected future.
From nonconsensual pornography to online extortion, to the sale of our data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse. As Citron reveals, wherever we live, laws have failed miserably to keep up with corporate or individual violators, letting our privacy wash out with the technological tide. With vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims, activists and lawmakers from around the world, The Fight to Privacy argues urgently and forcefully for a reassessment of privacy as a human right. And, as a legal scholar and expert, Citron is the perfect person to show us the way to a happier, better protected future.
Reviews / Votes
"When your wristwatch monitors your location and your health status and your window-shopping and purchases generate information sold and combined with other information about you, the accumulation of 'little assents' produces constant surveillance, risks of manipulation, and the elimination of privacy. Danielle Keats Citron's expert and engaging treatment of 'technology-enabled privacy violations' shows why victims, digital platforms, and legislators alike turn to her for advice and for fights to reclaim privacy morally, legally, and practically." -- Martha Minow, former Dean, Harvard Law SchoolMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-88231-5 (9780393882315)
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Danielle Keats Citron
The Fight for Privacy
Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age
E-Book
09/2022
W. W. Norton & Company
€16.49
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Person
Danielle Keats Citron is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law at the University of Virginia. A 2019 MacArthur Fellow, she serves as the vice president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.