The Privacy Fallacy

Ignacio Cofone

ISBN 10: 1108995446 / ISBN 13: 9781108995443

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 2023

About this Item

Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators, and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation. Drawing on behavioral science, sociology, and economics, Ignacio Cofone challenges existing laws and reform proposals and dispels enduring misconceptions about data-driven interactions. This exploration offers readers a holistic view of why current laws and regulations fail to protect us against corporate digital harms, particularly those created by AI. Cofone then proposes a better response: meaningful accountability for the consequences of corporate data practices, which ultimately entails creating a new type of liability that recognizes the value of privacy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Privacy Fallacy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108995446
• ISBN 13: 9781108995443
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators, and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation. Drawing on behavioral science, sociology, and economics, Ignacio Cofone challenges existing laws and reform proposals and dispels enduring misconceptions about data-driven interactions. This exploration offers readers a holistic view of why current laws and regulations fail to protect us against corporate digital harms, particularly those created by AI. Cofone then proposes a better response: meaningful accountability for the consequences of corporate data practices, which ultimately entails creating a new type of liability that recognizes the value of privacy.

About the Author

Ignacio Cofone is the Professor of Law and Regulation of AI at the University of Oxford (Faculty of Law and Institute for Ethics in AI) and an Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project. He writes about how the law should adapt to technological and economic change with a focus on privacy and AI.