Privacy and the Information Age (Paperback)

In a time in which new technologies make it easy to gather and process data, the discussion on privacy tends to focus exclusively on the protecting of personal data. To Serge Gutwirth, privacy involves far more. He advances the intriguing thesis that privacy is in fact the safeguard of personal freedom the safeguard of the individual's freedom to decide who she or he is, what she or he does, and who knows about it. Any restriction on privacy thus means an infringement of personal freedom. And it's exactly this freedom that plays an essential role in every democracy.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Serge Gutwirth
Translators:	Raf Casert
Dimensions:	228 x 148 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-1746-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Privacy & data protection Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-7425-1746-2
Barcode:	9780742517462

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