Privacy revisited : a global perspective on the right to be left alone / Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-284) and index.

Introduction: A prolegomenon to privacy : on the potential virtues and benefits of a comparative legal analysis of the right to be left alone -- The United States: The polysemy of privacy : an analysis of the many faces and facets of the right of privacy in the contemporary United States -- Canada: Privacy in Canada : taming a notoriously protean legal concept with a coherent and purposive approach -- The Republic of South Africa: Privacy in South Africa : deploying dignity, equality, and freedom to safeguard the process of democratic self-government -- The United Kingdom: Privacy in the United Kingdom : on the perils and promise of weak-form judicial review in securing privacy rights -- The European Court of Human Rights: Privacy rights in Europe : reconciling privacy and speech in the era of big data -- Conclusion: Bringing Meiklejohn to privacy : on the essential complementarity of privacy and speech.

Rapid technological change, the advent of Big Data, and the creation of society-wide government surveillance programs have transformed the accessibility of highly personal information; these developments have highlighted the ambiguous treatment of privacy and personal intimacy. National legal systems vouchsafe and define "privacy," and its first cousin "dignity," in different ways that reflect local legal and cultural values. Yet, in an increasingly globalized world, purely local protection of privacy interests may prove insufficient to safeguard effectively fundamental autonomy interests - interests that lie at the core of self-definition, personal autonomy, and freedom.