Core concepts and contemporary issues in privacy

This book offers a comprehensive investigation of privacy in the modern world. It collects 16 papers that look at this essential topic from many facets, from the personal to the technological, from the philosophical to the legal. The contributors examine such issues as the value of privacy protection, the violation of spreading personal falsehoods, the digital rights of children, an individual's right to be forgotten from internet search engines, and more.

The organization of the volume helps provide a nuanced understanding of this often controversial topic. Coverage starts with key concepts before moving on to explore personal information privacy and the impact of new technologies. Next, the papers consider privacy in different contexts. These include work, sex, family, crime, and religion. This structure enables greater engagement with the difficult questions about privacy. Readers will gain deep insight into the core concepts of privacy as well as its application to everyday life.

This interdisciplinary volume brings together an international team of scholars. They provide a broad combination of expertise in law, philosophy, and political science. Overall, this thought-provoking examination will appeal to interested readers in both academia and practice.

Introduction : conceptualizing privacy harms and values / Ann E. Cudd and Mark C. Navin -- Part I. Privacy : Core Concepts -- The conceptual coherence of privacy as developed in law / Judith Wagner DeCew -- Privacy : concept, value, right? / Alistair M. Macleod -- The nature and value of privacy / Steven P. Lee -- Privacy and responsibility / Mane Hajdin -- Part II. Personal Information Privacy -- Information, privacy, and false light / Pierre Le Morvan -- The unrelenting darkness of false light : a sui generis tort / Jonathan Schonsheck -- Privacy, public space, and personal information / Richard T. De George -- Privacy and religious exemptions / Mark C. Navin -- Part III. Privacy and Technology -- The need for privacy torts in an era of ubiquitous disclosure and surveillance / Patrick Hubbard -- The chance "to melt into the shadows of obscurity" : developing a "right to be forgotten" in the United States / Patrick O'Callaghan -- Parents, privacy, and Facebook : legal and social responses to the problem of "over-sharing" / Renée N. Souris -- Digitizing privacy / Wade L. Robison -- Part IV. Privacy in Different Contexts : Work, Sex, Family, and Crime -- Privacy, employment, and dignity / John G. Francis and Leslie P. Francis -- Privacy and outing / Gordon A. Babst -- Marriage : public institution or private contract / Emily R. Gill -- Criminal acts, reasonable expectation of privacy, and the private/public split / Win-chiat Lee.