I am excited to announce that my forthcoming book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press) is now available for pre-order. It will be in print in January 2025.
From the book jacket:
Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today’s age of digital technologies and AI.
With the rapid rise of new digital technologies and artificial intelligence, is privacy dead? Can anything be done to save us from a dystopian world without privacy?
In this short and accessible book, internationally renowned privacy expert Daniel J. Solove draws from a range of fields, from law to philosophy to the humanities, to illustrate the profound changes technology is wreaking upon our privacy, why they matter, and what can be done about them. Solove provides incisive examinations of key concepts in the digital sphere, including control, manipulation, harm, automation, reputation, consent, prediction, inference, and many others.
Compelling and passionate, On Privacy and Technology teems with powerful insights that will transform the way you think about privacy and technology.
Click here to pre-order the book.
Book Details:
ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY
by Daniel J. Solove
Oxford University Press (Jan. 2025)
ISBN 978-0197771686
Bullet points about the book from OUP’s webpage for the book:
- Provides a short, accessible, and powerful primer on technology’s threats to privacy
- Chronicles the dangers of the digital age and AI with eloquence and depth
- Presents a revelatory and provocative new way of thinking about technology and privacy
- Imparts potent insights by the most-cited law professor in the law and technology field
Early praise:
“Solove’s On Privacy and Technology is a privacy masterpiece, coming from the boldest and most important privacy thinker and scholar of our time. Solove is the ultimate teacher-his book will help you appreciate the complexities of the privacy and technology challenges of our time while seeing a path to tackling them. It is a joy to read. Solove writes beautifully and accessibly. It is an instant classic.” –Danielle Keats Citron, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law, Caddell and Chapman Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
“On Privacy and Technology offers scholars and nonexperts alike a diagnosis about what’s wrong with privacy law, written by none other than the ‘dean’ of the privacy law field. Professor Solove uses his unmatched knowledge of privacy law and keen analytical mind to dispel common myths about privacy and to direct readers, particularly policymakers, toward vanguard solutions that aim to create accountability for bad actors in the information economy. Reading On Privacy and Technology is both a tour through privacy law scholarship over the last thirty years but also a roadmap for the future. It is both accessible and essential reading. Highly recommend.” –Ari Ezra Waldman, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, and author of Industry Unbound
“No one is better positioned than Daniel Solove to write this definitive book on privacy and technology. Solove draws from decades of experience in privacy law and theory to tell a clear and concise story of how privacy-invasive technology avoids government restraint, and what society can do to take back control. I recommend this book to new entrants and old hats alike; On Privacy and Technology is a must read for anyone interested in this critical issue of our time.” –Ryan Calo, Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger, Professor, University of Washington School of Law; Professor, University of Washington Information School; Chair, World Bank Privacy External Expert Review Panel
“A deeply insightful look at myriad dimensions of information privacy. Paths a constructive way forward for effective privacy regulation of tech in our digital age.” –Paul M. Schwartz, Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School
