TY - BOOK AU - Tjerk Timan AU - Bryce Clayton Newell AU - Bert Jaap Koops TI - Privacy in Public Space: conceptual and regulatory challenges T2 - Elgar law, technology and society SN - 9781786435392 (Hardback) U1 - 342.732 PY - 2017/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Privacy, Right of KW - Public spaces - Law and legislation KW - Data protection - Law and legislation KW - Personal space KW - FAMILY and RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development KW - Impact of science and technology on society KW - Legal aspects of computing KW - Privacy in public and the contextual conditions of agency / Maria Brincker KW - A politico-economic perspective on privacy in public spaces / Karsten Mause KW - Exposure and concealment in digitized public spaces / Steven B. Zhao KW - Privacy impact notices to address the privacy pollution of mass surveillance / A. Michael Froomkin KW - Privacy in public spaces : the problem of out-of-body DNA / Albert E. Scherr N2 - This book examines privacy in public space from both legal and regulatory perspectives. With on-going technological innovations such as mobile cameras, WiFi tracking, drones and augmented reality, aspects of citizens’ lives are increasingly vulnerable to intrusion. The contributions describe contemporary challenges to achieving privacy and anonymity in physical public space, at a time when legal protection remains limited compared to ‘private’ space. To address this problem, the book clearly shows why privacy in public space needs defending. Different ways of conceptualizing and shaping such protection are explored, for example through ‘privacy bubbles’, obfuscation and surveillance transparency, as well as revising the assumptions underlying current privacy laws ER -