Author : Aviva de Groot
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048540135
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)
Book Synopsis The Handbook of Privacy Studies by : Aviva de Groot
Download or read book The Handbook of Privacy Studies written by Aviva de Groot and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Handbook of Privacy Studies' is the first book in the world that brings together several disciplinary perspectives on privacy, such as the legal, ethical, medical, informatics and anthropological perspective. Privacy is in the news almost every day: mass surveillance by intelligence agencies, the use of social media data for commercial profit and political microtargeting, password hacks and identity theft, new data protection regimes, questionable reuse of medical data, and concerns about how algorithms shape the way we think and decide. This book offers interdisciplinary background information about these developments and how to understand and properly evaluate them. The book is set up for use in interdisciplinary educational programmes. Each chapter provides a structured analysis of the role of privacy within that discipline, its characteristics, themes and debates, as well as current challenges. Disciplinary approaches are presented in such a way that students and researchers from every scientific background can follow the argumentation and enrich their own understanding of privacy issues.