PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF PRIVACY: IMPLICATIONS FOR AN ADEQUATE ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY.

This essay critically examines some classic philosophical and legal theories of privacy, organized into four categories: the nonintrusion, seclusion, limitation, and control theories of privacy. Although each theory includes one or more important insights regarding the concept of privacy, I argue th...

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Published in:Metaphilosophy Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23
Main Author: TAVANI, HERMAN T.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2007
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