The Fight for Privacy

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"Danielle Citron is everyone's teacher when it comes to digital privacy." -- Sue Halpern "Privacy is politics, and if we want it back we must fight for it. In this open-hearted and down-to-earth book Danielle Keats Citron offers reasons for optimism among the ruins of our once-cherished privacy. She details the devasting effects of the loss of 'intimate privacy' and argues that new rights and laws for the digital age are both long overdue and within our grasp. Lawmakers and citizens alike, this book is for you." -- Shoshana Zuboff, author, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and professor emeritus, Harvard Business School "An important intervention in the larger conversation about digital privacy and harassment." -- Rhoda Feng - Washington Monthly "It's so refreshing to read an argument for privacy that centers women. Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely." -- Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women "From how social networks sell our data to retailers (and worse) to the concern around period-tracking apps being used against pregnant people, the fight for privacy has never been more fierce....Drawing from interviews with victims, activists, and lawmakers, Citron calls for a reassessment of privacy as a human right and how we can better protect our future privacy." -- Rachel King - Fortune "What gives [Citron] the edge is a real-world understanding of privacy's relationship to diverse permutations of power and her ambition to address the disproportionate impact of violations on women and minorities." -- Jessica Lake - Australian Book Review "A powerful and urgent manifesto for the protection of 'intimate privacy' in the United States and beyond." -- Susie Alegre, international human rights lawyer and author of Freedom to Think "The Fight for Privacy is nothing less than the battle to keep our intimate, private selves free from exploitation. A vitally important book." -- Cordelia Fine, author of Delusions of Gender and Testosterone Rex "A tour de force. Arguing convincingly that our intimate privacy is a moral necessity being eroded in frightening and accelerating ways, Danielle Keats Citron offers trenchant clarity and lucid hope for achieving justice in our digital future. A must-read." -- Kate Manne, author of Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women "A crucial book for understanding the crisis of privacy invasion, and the unrelenting damage that comes from intimate, nonconsensual surveillance. If you care about anyone, anywhere, you should read this book." -- Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression "This beautifully written book deserves a wide audience and hopefully will inspire needed meaningful change in the law." -- Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law "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 School "An informed, bracing call to action in defense of our private selves." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Accessible legal reasoning and galling case studies make this a cogent argument for reform." -- Publishers Weekly