The Assault On Privacy Insights

The must-read analysis of the key insights from "The Assault On Privacy" by Arthur R. Miller — by Athena.

Originally published in 1971, this is a classic and frightening analysis of the clash between individual privacy and information-gathering technology in the modern age.

You may think that the data privacy debate is a contemporary issue. And yet, as far back as the 1960s, as governments explored how to computerize files including potentially sensitive personal information, several figures rose to prominence to share their concerns and sound an alarm. Lawyer and professor Arthur R. Miller was among them, and could reasonably be called one of the “forefathers” of modern privacy law. In his influential book, Assault on Privacy, he issued a call to arms to protect personal privacy in the face of powerful new technology.