Privacy in Public Space: Conceptual and Regulatory Challenges
This
book examines privacy in public space from both legal and regulatory
perspectives. With on-going technological innovations such as mobile
cameras, WiFi tracking, drones and augmented reality, aspects of
citizens’ lives are increasingly vulnerable to intrusion. The
contributions describe contemporary challenges to achieving privacy and
anonymity in physical public space, at a time when legal protection
remains limited compared to ‘private’ space. To address this problem,
the book clearly shows why privacy in public space needs defending.
Different ways of conceptualizing and shaping such protection are
explored, for example through ‘privacy bubbles’, obfuscation and
surveillance transparency, as well as revising the assumptions
underlying current privacy laws.
