Privacy & The Internet:An Overview of Key Issues
Adam Thierer
Senior Research FellowMercatus Center at George Mason UniversityMay 19, 2011
Outline of Presentation
1)What do we mean by privacy?2)Different approaches to defining / protectingit3)Trade-offs associated with privacy regulation4)The challenge of information control5)Specific regulatory proposals6)An alternative vision / the 3-E Solution
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What is Privacy?
Privacy is a remarkably vague concept
Means different things to different people
Varies by cultures
An ever-changing concept
Reacts to evolving social norms & technologicalchange
If it is a right, we must determine how it playsalongside other, well-established rights (ex:freedom of speech & press freedoms)
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a Mercatus Center presentation by Senior Research Fellow Adam Thierer offering an overview of key privacy concepts and controversies U.S. policymakers were considering circa May 2011.
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