{"product_id":"privacy-and-freedom-9781935439974","title":"Privacy and Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alan F. Westin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Privacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He was the most important scholar of privacy since Louis Brandeis.\"--Jeffrey Rosen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn defining privacy as \"the claim of individuals...to determine for themselves when, how and to what extent information about them is communicated,\" Alan Westin's 1967 classic \u003ci\u003ePrivacy and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e laid the philosophical groundwork for the current debates about technology and personal freedom, and is considered a foundational text in the field of privacy law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy arguing that citizens retained control over how their personal data was used, Westin redefined privacy as an individual freedom, taking Justice Louis Brandeis' 19th century definition of privacy as a legal right and expanding it for use in modern times. Westin's ideas transformed the meaning of privacy, leading to a spate of privacy laws in the 1970s, as well as prefiguring the arguments over privacy that have come to dominate the internet era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis all new edition of \u003ci\u003ePrivacy and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e features an introduction by Daniel J. Solove, John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ig Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413631000727,"sku":"9781935439974","price":1784.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781935439974.webp?v=1767673172","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/privacy-and-freedom-9781935439974","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}