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The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law

Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School



PLI/PAT, Vol. 748, p. 29, 2003

Abstract:     
In recent years, information privacy has emerged as one of the central issues of our times. Today, we have hundreds of laws pertaining to privacy - the common law torts, criminal law, evidentiary privileges, constitutional law, at least twenty federal statutes, and numerous statutes in each of the fifty states. To understand the law of information privacy more completely, it is necessary to look to its origins and growth. This article provides a brief overview of the history of the development of information privacy law. In particular, it explores the way that the law has emerged in response to changes in technology that have increased the collection, dissemination, and use of personal information.

Keywords: privacy, history, information, technology, Brandeis

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Date posted: October 21, 2003 ; Last revised: May 06, 2008

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Solove, Daniel J., The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law. PLI/PAT, Vol. 748, p. 29, 2003. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=445181 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.445181


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