The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy

by Ignacio Cofone

Book Overview

Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators, and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation. Drawing on behavioral science, sociology, and economics, Ignacio Cofone challenges existing laws and reform proposals and dispels enduring misconceptions about data-driven...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108995446
• ISBN13: 9781108995443
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"