Posts about Privacy + Security Books by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
Originally posted on Substack I’ve curated a list of recent works on privacy, AI, and tech that will be worth your time checking out. Authors included: Orin Kerr David Sella-Villa Susan Tanner Tonja Jacobi Elyse Ackermann Cory Doctorow Christina Lee Nel Escher Nikola Banovic Ben Green Najarian Peters Danielle Keats Citron Spencer Overton Ari Ezra […]
Originally posted on Substack Design is key to privacy. In the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandates data protection by design and default. Other laws are starting to require privacy or data protection by design. Why is design so important to privacy? As I wrote in On Privacy and Technology (2025), the “design of software, […]
Originally posted on Substack In the early days, there was barely a playbook for privacy governance, and privacy professionals had to make it up as they went along. Today, there is a wealth of wisdom, and it’s being applied to the emerging area of AI. I’ve been following privacy books for many years, and I’ve […]
Originally posted on Substack The following is an excerpt from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY where I summarize my thinking on privacy consent: New technologies pose significant challenges to people’s ability to consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal data. Under most privacy laws, consent makes permissible a wide array of data collection […]
Here are some notable books on Privacy, AI. and Security from 2025. For a more comprehensive list of 500+ books from the 1960s to the present, you can download my free guide, which I recently updated: Notable Privacy Books: A Journey Through History
Notable Privacy Books: A Journey Through History In this essay, I explore over 400 privacy-related books spanning more than 70 years! Examining the books chronologically also opens a window into history, as the books reflect the concerns, ideas, and terminology of the times in which they were written.
Last week, I had the opportunity to present a talk on “Notable Privacy Books: A Journey Through History” at CPDP. I discussed many books about privacy from the 1960s to the present. The video of my talk is here. I subsequently created a more complete list of books – 400+ books over the past 70+ […]
I’ve posted free on SSRN an excerpt from my new book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY. The excerpt debunks the myths that impede effective privacy regulation. If you’re interested in reading the whole book, you can buy at at the following places: Amazon Barnes & Noble Oxford University Press Bookshop.org
My new book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY, discusses my reflections on 25 years of studying privacy and how privacy law and policy need a radical rethink to protect privacy in today’s age of AI. My book addresses a key question for our times: Can privacy law keep up with rapidly changing digital technologies, such as […]
I’m very pleased about the review of my new book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY, by Kirkus Reviews: Solove reflects on the challenges posed by technology to privacy. According to the author, a law professor specializing in intellectual property, the “dizzying pace of changing technologies” constitutes a profound challenge to the protection of privacy, one that […]