Privacy The Lost Right |
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Author:
| Mills, Jon L. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-536735-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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In Privacy: The Lost Right, Jon L. Mills considers the status of the right to privacy in today's intrusive world. Mills reviews the history of privacy protections, the general loss of privacy, and the inadequacy of current legal remedies, especially with respect to more recent privacy concerns, such as identity theft, government surveillance, tabloid journalism, and video surveillance in public places. Mills maintains that existing regulations do not adequately protect individual...
More DescriptionIn Privacy: The Lost Right, Jon L. Mills considers the status of the right to privacy in today's intrusive world. Mills reviews the history of privacy protections, the general loss of privacy, and the inadequacy of current legal remedies, especially with respect to more recent privacy concerns, such as identity theft, government surveillance, tabloid journalism, and video surveillance in public places. Mills maintains that existing regulations do not adequately protect individual privacy, and he presents options for improving privacy protections.