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Understanding Privacy
Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually impossible.
In this concise and lucid book, Daniel J. Solove offers a comprehensive o...more
In this concise and lucid book, Daniel J. Solove offers a comprehensive o...more
Hardcover, 257 pages
Published
May 1st 2008
by Harvard University Press
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Useful but Dissapointing. As one of the few books in the market that claims to develop a theory of privacy, I expected a lot more. In the first two chapters Solove criticizes the main theories of privacy, trying to demonstrate that privacy is a "concept in disarray". Although somewhat informative, I found the exercise superficial. Solove fails in my view to show how the different traditions of privacy have developed around the world and to make the reader understand the main issues surrounding p...more
Pragmatic approach to defining privacy as a family-resemblance category a la Wittgenstein. There are no necessary and sufficient conditions that cover all the cases where we wish to use the idea of privacy. Therefore privacy should be analyzed based on particular problems from which generalizations emerge. He continues by providing a taxonomy of privacy problems based on information collection, analysis, dissemination, and personal invasion.
Why did I try yet another book by Solove? Maybe that he writes about a subject matter of professional and personal interest. A new understanding of the concept of privacy definitely worth reading about. But you still have to suffer though his writing style. While not as bad as the last book, he could use a good editor. That would help to eliminate many of his insufferable repetitions, for one. But better still, he might confine himself to an article instead of a full length book. I always feel h...more
Would have been better as a long article,too much redundancy and restating of his position. Still,a valuable book and worth reading for his taxonomy of privacy framework if you are interested in the topic or find yourself needing a better vocabulary with which to talk about the nuances of privacy.
Not nearly as good of a read as I had anticipated. Fully 1/5 of the book (by pages) is references. Fully 3/5 of the book is repetition of him either telling you what he is going to tell you, or telling you what he already told you. Saying that 1/5 of the book is original, helpful content would indeed be generous.
Might recommend for a quick skim if you can get it from the library, but I wouldn't pay money for it.
Might recommend for a quick skim if you can get it from the library, but I wouldn't pay money for it.
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