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Little Brother's Big Book: The Case for a Right of Audit in Private Databases
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas, Preston N. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | To even the most dedicated scholars, the concept of privacy has proven "exasperatingly vague and evanescent"' and "infected with pernicious ambiguities."2 Because privacy is difficult to define, it does not fit neatly into existing legal frameworks.3 Instead, privacy has produced years of "well-meaning but intractable debates."4 English legal scholar and privacy advocate Raymond Wacks suggests that "[i]nstead of pursuing the false god of 'privacy', attention should be paid to identifying what specific interests of the individual we think the law ought to protect."' Following this advice, many legal scholars grappling with the problem of protecting privacy have advocated a more operationalized view of privacy that breaks the abstract concept into concrete assertions more readily incorporated |
| Starting Page | 155 |
| Ending Page | 198 |
| Page Count | 44 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1450&context=commlaw |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://commlaw.cua.edu/res/docs/articles/v18/18-1/08-thomas-final.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
