Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age
Publisher: New York: New York University Press,Coverage: 1v. New York: New York University Press, 2004
Additional Info: The book explores the social, political, and legal implications of the collection and use of personal information in computer databases. Solove sets forth a new understanding of privacy, one that is appropriate for the new challenges of the Information Age. He argues that although the use of digital dossiers can create Orwellian harms of surveillance, they often create a different kind of problem best captured by Franz Kafka's The Trial - a sense of helplessness, vulnerability, and frustration when entities use vast dossiers of data but refuse to provide people with sufficient knowledge and participation in the use of the data. Solove recommends how the law can be reformed to simultaneously protect our privacy and allow us to enjoy the benefits of our increasingly digital world.