Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Status
Accepted
Abstract
This book chapter provides a brief history of information privacy law in the United States from colonial times to the present. It discusses the development of the common law torts, Fourth Amendment law, the constitutional right to information privacy, numerous federal statutes pertaining to privacy, electronic surveillance laws, and more. It explores how the law has emerged and changed in response to new technologies that have increased the collection, dissemination, and use of personal information.
GW Paper Series
GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 215
SSRN Link
http://ssrn.com/abstract=914271
Recommended Citation
Daniel J. Solove, A Brief History of Information Privacy Law in PROSKAUER ON PRIVACY, PLI (2006).