ABSTRACT
… Jewish law offers a language that can enrich ongoing policy debates. It suggests a move from individual control over information as the mechanism for shaping privacy’s meaning and its enforcement, to a regime of substantive obligations on all societal members – personal and organizational – to protect privacy. It recognizes the interconnected nature of human interests, and comprehends the totality of the harm pervasive surveillance wreaks on both individuals and social relations. It offers a conceptual basis for extending traditional privacy protections to online spaces and new data uses. And it provides a language of dignity that recognizes unequal bargaining power; rejects the aggregation and use of information to create narratives and produce judgments that confine personal growth and free choice; and demands equal protection for all humans.
Bamberger, Kenneth A and Mayse, Ariel, Privacy in Society: Jewish Law Insights for the Age of Big Data (November 16, 2020).
First posted 2020-12-08 06:30:42
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