Understanding Privacy

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| author = Daniel J. Solove

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| subject = Privacy

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| publisher = Harvard University Press

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Understanding Privacy is a 2008 book on privacy by Daniel J. Solove. The book gives a modern history of the concept of privacy particularly as it is discussed by philosophers and legal theorists. It provides a framework of many people's concept of privacy and the author's own theory of the outline of what privacy covers.

Reviews

The book was reviewed by various commentators.{{cite journal|last1=Doris|first1=Martin J|title=Daniel J Solove, UNDERSTANDING PRIVACYCambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (www.hup.harvard.edu), 2008 (hb), 2010 (pb). ix + 257 pp. |journal=Edinburgh Law Review|volume=14|issue=3|year=2010|pages=543–545|issn=1364-9809|doi=10.3366/elr.2010.0323}} The book is available as {{ISBN|9780674027725}} (hb). £33.95. or {{ISBN|9780674035072}} (pb). £14.95.{{cite journal|last1=Sweeney|first1=Miriam|title=A Review of "Understanding Privacy"|journal=The Information Society|volume=28|issue=5|year=2012|pages=344–345|issn=0197-2243|doi=10.1080/01972243.2012.712488|s2cid=5390389}}{{cite web |url= http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Understanding-Privacy/ |title=Understanding Privacy |author=none listed |work=docs.law.gwu.edu |year=2010 |access-date=26 February 2015}}

One reviewer said the book "is a vital text; a must read for all who follow, or engage in, privacy debates."{{cite web |url= http://techliberation.com/2008/11/08/book-review-soloves-understanding-privacy/ |title=Book Review: Solove's Understanding Privacy |first=Adam |last=Thierer|work=techliberation.com |date=8 November 2008 |access-date=26 February 2015}}

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