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aThis comprehensive analysis of privacy in the information age
challenges traditional assumptions that breeches of privacy through
the development of electronic dossiers involve the invasion of
oneas private space.a
--"Choice"
"The Digital Person challenges the existing ways in which law
and legal theory approach the social, political, and legal
implications of the collection and use of personal information in
computer databases. Solove's book is ambitious, and represents the
most important publication in the field of information privacy law
for some years."
--"Georgetown Law Journal"
"Anyone concerned with preserving privacy against technology's
growing intrusiveness will find this book enlightening."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Solove . . . truly understands the intersection of law and
technology. This book is a fascinating journey into the almost
surreal ways personal information is hoarded, used, and abused in
the digital age."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
"Daniel Solove is one of the most energetic and creative
scholars writing about privacy today. The Digital Person is an
important contribution to the privacy debate, and Solove's
discussion of the harms of what he calls 'digital dossiers' is
invaluable."
--Jeffrey Rosen, author of "The Unwanted Gaze" and "The Naked
Crowd"
"Powerful theme."
--"Privacy Journal"
"This is not only a book you should read, but you should make
sure your friends read it."
--"IEEE Review"
"Solove offers a book that is both comprehensive and easy to
understand, discussing the changes that technology has brought to
our concept of privacy. An excellentstarting point for much needed
discussion."
--"Law Technology News"
"An unusually perceptive discussion of one of the most vexing
problems of the digital age--our loss of control over our personal
information. It's a fascinating journey into the almost surreal
ways personal information is hoarded, used, and abused in the
digital age. I recommend his book highly."
--Bruce Schneier
"Solove's book is the best exposition thus far about the threat
that computer databases containing personal data about millions of
Americans poses for information privacy."
--Pamela Samuelson, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Information
Management at the University of California, Berkeley
"Solove drives his points home through considerable
reconfiguration of the basic argument. Rather than casting blame or
urging retreat to a precomputer database era, the solution is seen
in informing individuals, challenging data collectors, and bringing
the law up-to-date."
--"Choice"
"If you want to find out what a mess the law of privacy is, how
it got that way, and whether there is hope for the future, then
read this book."
--"Legal Times"
"Solove evaluates the shortcomings of current approaches to
privacy as well as some useful and controversial ideas for striking
a new balance. Anyone who deals with privacy matters will find a
lot ot consider."
--"DM News"
"Solove's treatment of this particular facet is thoughtful,
thorough, concise, and occasionally laced with humor. The present
volume gives us reason to look forward to his future
contributions."
--"The Law and Politics Book Review"
"Solove's book is useful, particularly as an overview on how
these private and governmentdatabases grew in sophistication and
now interact with one another."
--"Christian Science Monitor"
"A far-reaching examination of how digital dossiers are shaping
our lives. Daniel Solove has persuasively reconceptualized privacy
for the digital age. A must-read."
--Paul Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School
"The Digital Person is a detailed and approachable resource on
privacy issues and the laws that affect them."
--"IT Conversations"
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
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