Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0

In 1963, Chief Justice Earl Warren called the ‘fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication’ a danger to the privacy of the individual. If we use the privacy torts as developed in American law — intrusion, disclosure, false light, appropriation — we can see how dangerous those advanc...

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Main Author: Wade L. Robison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ORBIT 2017-10-01
Series:ORBIT Journal
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Online Access:https://www.orbit-rri.org/ojs/index.php/orbit/article/view/54
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spelling doaj-3c92941a674741bfb6dc2340c1c225cf2020-11-24T23:02:02ZengORBITORBIT Journal2515-85622017-10-011210.29297/orbit.v1i2.5454Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0Wade L. Robison0Rochester Institute of Technology In 1963, Chief Justice Earl Warren called the ‘fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication’ a danger to the privacy of the individual. If we use the privacy torts as developed in American law — intrusion, disclosure, false light, appropriation — we can see how dangerous those advances have been regarding our privacy. We will see how readily so many can do so much more to invade the privacy of so many more. We will also see a thread running through the privacy torts that was not readily visible before: invasions of privacy treat us as objects to be observed, revealed, manipulated, and used. https://www.orbit-rri.org/ojs/index.php/orbit/article/view/54privacyintrusiondisclosurefalse lightappropriationobjects
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Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0
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intrusion
disclosure
false light
appropriation
objects
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title Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0
title_short Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0
title_full Digital Privacy: Leibniz 2.0
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publishDate 2017-10-01
description In 1963, Chief Justice Earl Warren called the ‘fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication’ a danger to the privacy of the individual. If we use the privacy torts as developed in American law — intrusion, disclosure, false light, appropriation — we can see how dangerous those advances have been regarding our privacy. We will see how readily so many can do so much more to invade the privacy of so many more. We will also see a thread running through the privacy torts that was not readily visible before: invasions of privacy treat us as objects to be observed, revealed, manipulated, and used.
topic privacy
intrusion
disclosure
false light
appropriation
objects
url https://www.orbit-rri.org/ojs/index.php/orbit/article/view/54
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