Understanding Privacy

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Understanding Privacy
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Author Daniel J. Solove
CountryUnited States
Subject Privacy
Publisher Harvard University Press
Publication date
2008
Pages272
ISBN 9780674035072

Understanding Privacy is a 2008 book on privacy by Daniel J. Solove. The book gives a modern history of the concept of privacy particularly as it is discussed by philosophers and legal theorists. It provides a framework of many people's concept of privacy and the author's own theory of the outline of what privacy covers.

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Reviews

The book was reviewed by various commentators. [1] [2] [3]

One reviewer said the book "is a vital text; a must read for all who follow, or engage in, privacy debates." [4]

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References

  1. Doris, Martin J (2010). "Daniel J Solove, UNDERSTANDING PRIVACYCambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (www.hup.harvard.edu), 2008 (hb), 2010 (pb). ix + 257 pp". Edinburgh Law Review. 14 (3): 543–545. doi:10.3366/elr.2010.0323. ISSN   1364-9809. The book is available as ISBN   9780674027725 (hb). £33.95. or ISBN   9780674035072 (pb). £14.95.
  2. Sweeney, Miriam (2012). "A Review of "Understanding Privacy"". The Information Society. 28 (5): 344–345. doi:10.1080/01972243.2012.712488. ISSN   0197-2243. S2CID   5390389.
  3. none listed (2010). "Understanding Privacy". docs.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. Thierer, Adam (8 November 2008). "Book Review: Solove's Understanding Privacy". techliberation.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.