Book: The Right to Privacy, by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy

Hardback, 405 pages with deckled edges, published 1995. Excellent used condition. Slight scuffing on the dust cover from having been shelved, but otherwise like new. "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, and rich in historical perspective. An invaluable guide to one of the most charged issues of our time." Pretty remarkable that this was written 30 years ago, given that Americans are now up to our eyeballs in privacy violations, civil rights abuses, and intrusions into our personal lives and choices. The authors really saw it coming. 🧐