Understanding Privacy Daniel J. Solove

Contains Index and Bibliographical references

1. Privacy : a concept in disarray -- Privacy : an issue of global concern -- Technology and the rising concern over privacy -- The concept of privacy -- A new theory of privacy -- 2. Theories of privacy and their shortcomings -- Methods of conceptualizing -- Conceptions of privacy -- Can privacy be conceptualized? -- 3. Reconstructing privacy -- Method -- Generality -- Variability -- Focus -- 4. The value of privacy -- The virtues and vices of privacy -- Theories of the valuation of privacy -- The social value of privacy -- Privacy's pluralistic value -- 5. A taxonomy of privacy -- Information collection -- Information processing -- Information dissemination -- Invasion -- 6. Privacy : a new understanding -- The nature of privacy problems -- Privacy and cultural difference -- The benefits of a pluralistic conception of privacy -- The future of privacy.

Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing tecnhnology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activist, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many conceding that the tast is virtually impossible.