Privacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout
routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper
have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow
and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia,
acclaimed civil rights advocate Danielle Citron has spent decades
working with lawmakers and stakeholders across the globe to protect
what she calls intimate privacy—encompassing our bodies, health,
gender, and relationships. When intimate privacy becomes data,
corporations know exactly when to flash that ad for a new drug or
pregnancy test. Social and political forces know how to manipulate
what you think and who you trust, leveraging sensitive secrets and
deepfake videos to ruin or silence opponents. And as new
technologies invite new violations, people have power over one
another like never before, from revenge porn to blackmail,
attaching life-altering risks to growing up, dating online, or
falling in love. A masterful new look at privacy in the
twenty-first century, The Fight for Privacy takes the focus off
Silicon Valley moguls to investigate the price we pay as technology
migrates deeper into every aspect of our lives: entering our
bedrooms and our bathrooms and our midnight texts; our
relationships with friends, family, lovers, and kids; and even our
relationship with ourselves. Drawing on in-depth interviews with
victims, activists, and advocates, Citron brings this headline
issue home for readers by weaving together visceral stories about
the countless ways that corporate and individual violators exploit
privacy loopholes. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up,
she reveals how our current system leaves victims—particularly
women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups—shamed and
powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around
the world. Yet there is a solution to our toxic relationship with
technology and privacy: fighting for intimate privacy as a civil
right. Collectively, Citron argues, citizens, lawmakers, and
corporations have the power to create a new reality where privacy
is valued and people are protected as they embrace what technology
offers. Introducing readers to the trailblazing work of advocates
today, Citron urges readers to join the fight. Your intimate life
shouldn’t be traded for profit or wielded against you for power:
it belongs to you. With Citron as our guide, we can take back
control of our data and build a better future for the next, ever
more digital, generation.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Danielle Keats Citron
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06609-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-06609-1 |
Barcode: |
9781324066095 |
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