Screen LibraryThe privacy fallacy : harm and power in the information economy /
"Explains how privacy laws are overridden by technology companies and how they can be improved. Drawing from behavioral science, psychology, sociology, and economics, the book dispels misconceptions that trap us into ineffective approaches to growing digital harms. It then develops solutions ba...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2024. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Explains how privacy laws are overridden by technology companies and how they can be improved. Drawing from behavioral science, psychology, sociology, and economics, the book dispels misconceptions that trap us into ineffective approaches to growing digital harms. It then develops solutions based on corporate accountability"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 248 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108995443 1108995446 |
| Index Number: | K3264 |
| CLC: | D912.7 |
| Call Number: | D912.7/C675 |
| Contents: | The traditionalist approach to privacy -- Privacy myths: rationality and apathy -- The consent illusion -- Manipulation by design -- Traditionalist data protection rules -- Pervasive data harms -- Privacy as corporate accountability. |