Frederick Lane’s American Privacy is a highly readable history of the right to privacy in America. It brings to life the people, debates, and events that have shaped our current protections of privacy.
Angwin’s book is a very accessible and engaging account about the collection and use of personal data. She has a knack for finding ways to describe privacy, surveillance, online tracking, and other issues in vivid and relatable ways. These issues can be abstract and challenging, but Angwin is great at creating compelling stories and making…
Danah Boyd brings us into the minds of teenagers using social media. She is a great listener and an astute observer. Her observations are sophisticated and rich with insight. This book is the culmination of her many years of research and interviews, of a passion to understand teenage thought and behavior. She is an anthropologist…
This is a thoughtful account of how to balance privacy and freedom of the press. Much has been written on this topic, but Gajda’s book tackles contemporary dimensions of the issues, such as who counts as a “journalist” in these days of blogs and social media. Her positions are balanced rather than extreme. I agree…
For those of us who followed intently as the saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA played out in 2013, this book is still valuable because it pulls together all the information and serves as a useful chronicle. The book is written in an advocacy style; I prefer a more detached journalistic style. The book…
I’ve read a lot of practical “how to” stuff about privacy before that’s vague and not very specific, but this book is so refreshingly detailed, has great depth, and is concrete. It’s a real achievement, and a book that deserves attention. The book has concrete examples and applications of its approach, and it is immensely…
This is a terrific guide to HIPAA. Unlike many other resources on HIPAA, which discuss the law rather abstractly, The Practical Guide situates HIPAA in practice and discuss a lot more than HIPAA’s dictates. They show how to implement HIPAA and build an effective compliance program. The book provides concrete examples, tips, checklists, and many…
“An exhilarating read, brimming with passion. Pasquale’s bold and ambitious book lifts the lid on the ‘black box society’ by tackling a wide array of issues, from secrecy in finance to credit scoring, from search engines to automated decision-making, from institutional transparency to the relationship between government and big corporations. Writing with urgency and utter…
This is a clear and concise guide for technologists to understand privacy and implement it into IT and design. Cannon discusses issues in a concrete way, with examples and specific details. He effectively translates the often vague language of privacy into ways that IT professionals can understand and implement.
In this is a bold and provocative book, Citron presents vivid accounts about online harassment. The stories she relates involve comments and behavior so vile and mean that her book could readily be an anthology of horror stories. But this book is a lot more than stories, for Citron examines why certain types of law…