《The Right to Privacy》由美國作家卡羅琳·甘迺迪（Caroline Kennedy）與艾倫·艾德曼（Ellen Alderman）於1997年合作撰寫，由Vintage出版社出版。該書以美國憲法未明文規定隱私權為背景，探討公民與政府、企業及媒體間的權益衝突。
全書通過數百個真實案例，分析隱私權在執法搜查、職場監控、媒體曝光及數據安全等領域的法律爭議，如脫衣搜查、僱主查看員工郵件等現象。作者結合墮胎權、資訊時代隱私保護等議題，剖析隱私權的法律邊界與社會倫理困境，揭示個體在維護“被遺忘權”時的現實挑戰。書中案例兼具普法意義，內容涵蓋歷史背景與當代爭議，中文譯本於2006年由吳懿婷翻譯出版。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Right to Privacy
- 作者：Caroline Kennedy 、 Ellen Alderman
- 出版時間：1997年2月
- 出版社：Vintage
- 頁數：432 頁
- ISBN：9780679744344
- 定價：17 美元
內容簡介
Can the police strip-search a woman who has been arrested for a minor traffic violation? Can a magazine publish an embarrassing photo of you without your permission? Does your boss have the right to read your email? Can a company monitor its employees' off-the-job lifestyles--and fire those who drink, smoke, or live with a partner of the same sex? Although the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution, most of us believe that we have an inalienable right to be left alone. Yet in arenas that range from the battlefield of abortion to the information highway, privacy is under siege. In this eye-opening and sometimes hair-raising book, Alderman and Kennedy survey hundreds of recent cases in which ordinary citizens have come up against the intrusions of government, businesses, the news media, and their own neighbors. At once shocking and instructive, up-to-date and rich in historical perspective, The Right to Private is an invaluable guide to one of the most charged issues of our time.
"Anyone hoping to understand the sometimes precarious state of privacy in modern America should start by reading this book."--Washington Post Book World
"Skillfully weaves together unfamiliar, dramatic case histories...a book with impressive breadth."--Time
