Privacy: The Lost Right.

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Privacy: The Lost Right

By Jon L. Mills

While government, mass media, and technology threaten individual privacy rights, the law struggles to keep up with the rapid changes taking place. Jon Mills' book Privacy: The Lost Right considers the role of the right to privacy in today's intrusive world.

Taking a scholarly approach, Mills reviews the history of privacy protections, the general loss of privacy, and the inadequacy of current legal remedies, especially in light of more recent privacy concerns, such as identity theft, government surveillance, tabloid journalism, and video surveillance in public places.

A member of The Florida Bar, Mills...