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Defining privacy: freedom in a democratic constitutional state.
Gutwirth, Serge (2002). Privacy and the information age. (R. Casert, Trans.) Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 144 pages
Many consider privacy to be a fundamental or innate need (Altman, 1975), necessary for personal growth (Fischer, 1980) and dignity (Laufer & Wolfe, 1977). Yet it is also variable in nature, subject to personal preferences (Pedersen & Frances, 1990), as well as the circumstances that threaten privacy (Marshall, 1974; Altman, 1975). Privacy can function as an escape (Pastalan, 1970; Moore, 1984), ease one's fears of losing control (Katz, 1987), and serve as a means o...See the full content of this document
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