Privacy as Trust
Information Privacy for an Information Age

Proposes a new way of thinking about information privacy that leverages law to protect disclosures in contexts of trust.

Ari Ezra Waldman (Author)

9781107186002, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 March 2018

196 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg

'Privacy as Trust helps us escape zero-sum notions of privacy as all or nothing. And it grounds the often theoretical discussions about privacy's value in everyday examples, charting a path forward for privacy as an integral component of our personal relationships. This book is a must read for anyone interested in saving privacy in the digital age.' Scott Skinner-Thompson, University of Colorado, Boulder

It seems like there is no such thing as privacy anymore. But the truth is that privacy is in danger only because we think about it in narrow, limited, and outdated ways. In this transformative work, Ari Ezra Waldman, leveraging the notion that we share information with others in contexts of trust, offers a roadmap for data privacy that will better protect our information in a digitized world. With case studies involving websites, online harassment, intellectual property, and social robots, Waldman shows how 'privacy as trust' can be applied in the most challenging real-world contexts to make privacy work for all of us. This book should be read by anyone concerned with reshaping the theory and practice of privacy in the modern world.

Introduction – what's at stake?
Part I. What Do We Mean By 'Privacy': 1. Privacy as freedom from
2. Privacy as freedom for
3. Social theories of privacy
Part II. Privacy, Sharing, and Trust: 4. Trust and sharing
5. What does trust mean for rivacy?
Part III. A Trust-Based Approach to Privacy and Information Law: 6. The responsibilities of data collectors
7. Previously disclosed information
8. Trust and cyberharassment
9. Information flow in intellectual property
10. Trust and robots
Conclusion – the future of privacy and trust.

Subject Areas: Privacy law [LNDC2], International human rights law [LBBR]