The digital person : technology and privacy in the information age / Daniel J. Solove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solove, Daniel J., 1972-

Series:

Ex machina.

Ex machina

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection.

Electronic records--Access control--United States.

Electronic records.

Public records--Law and legislation--United States.

Public records.

Government information--United States.

Government information.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, electronic databases are compiling information about you. As you surf the Internet, an unprecedented amount of your personal information is being recorded and preserved forever in the digital minds of computers. For each individual, these databases create a profile of activities, interests, and preferences used to investigate backgrounds, check credit, market products, and make a wide variety of decisions affecting our lives. The creation and use of these databases-which Daniel J. Solove calls “digital dossiers”-has thus far gone largely unchecked. In this startling account of new technologies for gathering and using personal data, Solove explains why digital dossiers pose a grave threat to our privacy.The Digital Person sets forth a new understanding of what privacy is, one that is appropriate for the new challenges of the Information Age. Solove recommends how the law can be reformed to simultaneously protect our privacy and allow us to enjoy the benefits of our increasingly digital world.The first volume in the series EX MACHINA: LAW, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

Contents:

Introduction

The rise of the digital dossier

Kafka and Orwell : reconceptualizing information privacy

The problems of information privacy law

The limits of market-based solutions

Architecture and the protection of privacy

The problem of public records

Access and aggregation : rethinking privacy and transparency

Government information gathering

The Fourth Amendment, records, and privacy

Reconstructing the architecture

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-0896-X

1-4294-8608-2

OCLC:

182530564