{"product_id":"privacy-and-freedom-alan-f-westin-9781935439974","title":"Privacy and Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"He was the most important scholar of privacy since Louis Brandeis.\"--Jeffrey Rosen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn defining privacy as \"the claim of individuals...to determine for themselves when, how and to what extent information about them is communicated,\" Alan Westin's 1967 classic \u003ci\u003ePrivacy and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e laid the philosophical groundwork for the current debates about technology and personal freedom, and is considered a foundational text in the field of privacy law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy arguing that citizens retained control over how their personal data was used, Westin redefined privacy as an individual freedom, taking Justice Louis Brandeis' 19th century definition of privacy as a legal right and expanding it for use in modern times. Westin's ideas transformed the meaning of privacy, leading to a spate of privacy laws in the 1970s, as well as prefiguring the arguments over privacy that have come to dominate the internet era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis all new edition of \u003ci\u003ePrivacy and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e features an introduction by Daniel J. Solove, John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan F. Westin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935439979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935439974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.60d","brand":"Alan F. Westin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042867704063,"sku":"9781935439974","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c76011e-e72e-4ec7-ab91-1414a8a4ecb3.jpg?v=1684963989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privacy-and-freedom-alan-f-westin-9781935439974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}