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A Dilemma for Privacy as Control

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ID21700901
AuthorsBjörn Lundgren (0000-0001-5830-3432, Stockholm University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume24
Issue2
Pages165-175
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1382-4554 • E-ISSN: 1572-8609
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10892-019-09316-z
OpenAlexW3004223089
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited16

Although popular, control accounts of privacy suffer from various counterexamples. In this article, it is argued that two such counterexamples—while individually resolvable—can be combined to yield a dilemma for control accounts of privacy. Furthermore, it is argued that it is implausible that control accounts of privacy can defend against this dilemma. Thus, it is concluded that we ought not define privacy in terms of control. Lastly, it is argued that since the concept of privacy is the object of the right to privacy if the former cannot be defined in terms of control, neither can the latter

Computer security · Counterexample · Dilemma · Epistemology · Information privacy · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Sociology · Computer Science · Free Will and Agency · Legal principles and applications · Mathematics · Philosophy · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Artificial Intelligence

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year4,8
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 23

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