Kieron O’Hara is an Emeritus Fellow in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton

‘How should we talk about privacy? Before you answer that question, read this book.’Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint‘O’Hara gives us a refreshingly provocative, learned, distinctive and lively book about privacy that will stimulate important debates.’Charles Raab, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh ‘O’Hara sorts and sifts the different claims for what is and what is not "privacy”. I wish I had access to this excellent survey when I started out as UK Information Commissioner.’Christopher Graham, UK Information Commissioner, 2009–16'A highly informative book for readers who want to understand privacy through its value, definition, usage and context. Readers will get a stronger sense of what privacy is – and what it is not – by reflecting on the context of the topic, ranging from the personal level to societal realms. Kieron O’Hara sets out to solve the problem of defining privacy by examining its historical and various cultural understandings.'Kat Fuller, The Sociological Review

• Introduction: the goal of this bookPart I: A concept in disarray?Part II: Explaining the disarrayPart III: A framework for privacy discoursesPart IV: Commentary on the frameworkPart V: Topics in privacy studiesConclusion: privacy in the time of COVIDIndex

Kieron O’Hara is an Emeritus Fellow in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton

‘How should we talk about privacy? Before you answer that question, read this book.’Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint‘O’Hara gives us a refreshingly provocative, learned, distinctive and lively book about privacy that will stimulate important debates.’Charles Raab, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh ‘O’Hara sorts and sifts the different claims for what is and what is not "privacy”. I wish I had access to this excellent survey when I started out as UK Information Commissioner.’Christopher Graham, UK Information Commissioner, 2009–16'A highly informative book for readers who want to understand privacy through its value, definition, usage and context. Readers will get a stronger sense of what privacy is – and what it is not – by reflecting on the context of the topic, ranging from the personal level to societal realms. Kieron O’Hara sets out to solve the problem of defining privacy by examining its historical and various cultural understandings.'Kat Fuller, The Sociological Review

• Introduction: the goal of this bookPart I: A concept in disarray?Part II: Explaining the disarrayPart III: A framework for privacy discoursesPart IV: Commentary on the frameworkPart V: Topics in privacy studiesConclusion: privacy in the time of COVIDIndex

Kieron O’Hara is an Emeritus Fellow in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton

‘How should we talk about privacy? Before you answer that question, read this book.’Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint‘O’Hara gives us a refreshingly provocative, learned, distinctive and lively book about privacy that will stimulate important debates.’Charles Raab, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh ‘O’Hara sorts and sifts the different claims for what is and what is not "privacy”. I wish I had access to this excellent survey when I started out as UK Information Commissioner.’Christopher Graham, UK Information Commissioner, 2009–16'A highly informative book for readers who want to understand privacy through its value, definition, usage and context. Readers will get a stronger sense of what privacy is – and what it is not – by reflecting on the context of the topic, ranging from the personal level to societal realms. Kieron O’Hara sets out to solve the problem of defining privacy by examining its historical and various cultural understandings.'Kat Fuller, The Sociological Review

• Introduction: the goal of this bookPart I: A concept in disarray?Part II: Explaining the disarrayPart III: A framework for privacy discoursesPart IV: Commentary on the frameworkPart V: Topics in privacy studiesConclusion: privacy in the time of COVIDIndex