Amitai Etzioni, The Limits of Privacy (1999)
Etzioni applies his communitarian theory to privacy, producing a provocative discussion about when privacy rights should yield to societal interests.
Whitfield Diffie & Susan Landau, Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption (1999)
A thorough and thought-provoking discussion of wiretapping and electronic surveillance. Terrific coverage of the historical, technological, and legal dimensions.
Robert Ellis Smith, Ben Franklin’s Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet (2004)
A superb history of privacy law, filled with fascinating stories and details. Very readable and very informative.
Jeffrey Rosen, The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America (2000)
A very interesting and highly readable discussion of privacy.
Simson Garfinkel, Database Nation : The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century (2001)
Describes with great detail a litany of new technologies that are posing problems for privacy.
John Gilliom, Overseers of the Poor : Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy (2001)
A fascinating account of the way that the welfare system exerts bureaucratic control over people’s lives and how people experience the limits the system imposes on their privacy.
Graeme Laurie, Genetic Privacy (2002)
A thorough and incisive discussion of privacy and genetic information.
Frederick Lane, The Naked Employee: How Technology Is Compromising Workplace Privacy (2003)
A very thoughtful overview of the political landscape of privacy policy around the world.
Colin Bennett & Charles Raab, The Governance of Privacy (2006)
A very thoughtful overview of the political landscape of privacy policy around the world.
Electronic Privacy Information Center & Privacy International, Privacy and Human Rights (2006)
An extremely comprehensive survey of the privacy laws of nearly every nation in the world.