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The Seven Veils of Privacy: How our debates about privacy conceal its nature

The Seven Veils of Privacy: How our debates about privacy conceal its nature

Author: Kieron O'Hara
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9781526163028

Published In: July 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781526163035

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Privacy is one of the most contested concepts of our time. This book sets out a rigorous and comprehensive framework for understanding debates about privacy and our rights to it.

Much of the conflict around privacy comes from a failure to recognise divergent perspectives. Some people argue about human rights, some about social conventions, others about individual preferences and still others about information and data processing. As a result, 'privacy' has become the focus of competing definitions, leading some to denounce the 'disarray' in the field.

But as this book shows, disagreements about the role and value of privacy obscure a large amount of agreement on the topic. Privacy is not a technical term of law, cybersecurity or sociology, but a word in common use that adequately expresses a few simple and related ideas.

"An impressively thorough and systematic - but always accessible - analysis. O'Hara sorts and sifts the different claims for what is and what is not "privacy". O Privacy, what crimes are committed in thy name! But O'Hara! What fun you've had finding a way through the muddles and misunderstandings to establish a common language for discussing privacy. I wish I'd had access to Kieron O'Hara's excellent survey when I started out as UK Information Commissioner back in 2009. O'Hara's razor should help us to approach debates around public policy on their own merits, avoiding using "privacy" as a mere label either to support or oppose particular causes or proposals." - Christopher Graham, UK Information Commissioner, 2009-16

Introduction: the goal of this book

Part I: A concept in disarray?

Part II: Explaining the disarray

Part III: A framework for privacy discourses

Part IV: Commentary on the framework

Part V: Topics in privacy studies

Conclusion: privacy in the time of COVID

Index