Privacy in the Modern Age : The Search for Solutions. This item is unavailable.Privacy in the Modern Age : The Search for Solutions

The threats to privacy are well known: the National Security Agency tracks our phone calls; Google records where we go online and how we set our thermostats and more. The contributors to this Privacy in the Modern Age don't simply describe these problems or warn about the loss of privacy - they propose solutions. They look closely at business practices, public policy and technology design, and ask, """"Should this continue?"""" The premise is clear: there's a problem - let's find a solution.

Marc Rotenberg is president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). He served as Counsel to Senator Patrick Leahy on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He teaches at Georgetown University Law Center. Jeramie Scott is EPIC National Security Counsel. Julia Horwitz is EPIC Consumer Protection Counsel. All three live in Washington, D.C. EPIC is a public interest research group in Washington, D.C., established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues in the information age.