Net Privacy

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

Billion-dollar fines for Facebook. Cambridge
Analytica. Edward Snowden. Apps on our smartphones tracking our every move.
Privacy may be a defining issue of our age, but it is also one of the least
understood. Our digital world confuses
what we know about privacy - what is public, what is private. Do old
ethical and legal norms apply to new, digital media? How did the conditions of privacy become so uncertain that we are
unsure about our own right to privacy? What can protect us from allowing
corporations, governments, hackers and insidious websites to know more about us
than we want them to?

Rigorous and engaging,
this book examines the minutiae of our digital lives while drawing on a
philosophy of ethical and legal frameworks based on the thinking of philosopher
Immanuel Kant. With a firm eye on the cutting edge of digital developments,
Sacha Molitorisz outlines a robust model of individual consent.

Of urgent importance, this book spells out conceptual and practical steps to ensure our shared future is not dystopian. It shows not only that informed privacy is fundamental to us as individuals, but that in the digital world we need an enforceable regulatory framework to secure our relationships with others and to safeguard our democracies.

'If you undress in front of an open window, it's your own
fault. Sacha Molitorisz makes you realise that you're undressing in a
glasshouse and your clothes are made of cellophane.' - Shaun Micallef, satirist and ex-lawyer

'...[A] comprehensive analysis that offers a much-needed guide to, and thereby
hope for, preserving and enhancing privacy, and with it, human dignity and
democracy that are otherwise profoundly threatened on numerous fronts...' - Charles Ess, University of Oslo

'Net Privacy is a must-read for regulators, scholars
and anyone else grappling with issues around online privacy. It concisely
explains how technological innovation has fundamentally reshaped privacy and
provides a compelling alternative vision for privacy law and regulation.' - James Meese, RMIT University

'Net Privacy delivers both a call to action, and an action plan, on one of the most
important and complex issues of our time.' - Kayleen Manwaring, UNSW

'Written in a highly readable style, and drawing on a rich
set of allusions to popular culture and cross-country comparisons, Molitorisz draws
on Kantian ethics as a universal measuring stick, providing a prescription for
privacy that would shore up our individual and relational autonomy. A
much-needed account in troubled digital times.' - Sara Bannerman, McMaster University

'Molitorisz brings an engaging philosophical discussion to the networked
complexities of internet privacy threats and abuses in a way that is both
attractive and accessible for his readers.' - Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781742236063
Published: April 2020

Number of pages: 368
Width: 153 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing