Lindsay Weinberg, Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age (2024)
Simone Browne, author of Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness: “Smart University is a much-needed sociohistorical analysis of how data capture, surveillance, and austerity measures govern student life in higher education. From algorithmic recruitment and neoliberal wellness apps to the punitive digital tracking of Black student-athletes and invasive exam proctoring software, Weinberg brilliantly demonstrates…
Janet S. Loengard, Light, Privacy, and Neighbors: Windows in Late Medieval and Early Modern London (2024)
With both legal and social themes, the book will be of interest to historians, architects, city planners, lawyers curious about the background for modern law on physical privacy, and anyone fascinated by the history of London.
Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Paul De Hert, The Regulation of Digital Technologies in the EU (2024)
This book identifies three phenomena which are common to all EU digital technologies-relevant regulatory initiatives: act-ification, GDPR mimesis, and regulatory brutality. These three phenomena serve as indicators or early signs of a new European technology law-making paradigm that now seems ready to emerge. They divulge new-found confidence on the part of the EU digital technologies…