Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life

As use of information technology increases, we worry that our personal information is being shared inappropriately, violating key social norms and irreversibly eroding privacy. This book describes how societies ought to go about deciding when to allow technology to lead change and when to resist it in the name of privacy.

Author: Helen Nissenbaum
Publisher: Stanford Law Books
Published: 11/24/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780804752374

About the Author
Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science and Senior Fellow of the Information Law Institute at New York University. She is the coeditor of Academy and the Internet (2004) and Computers, Ethics, and Social Values (1995), and the author of Emotion and Focus (1985).