Introduction, Bart van der Sloot & Aviva de Groot1. Privacy from a Historical Perspective, Sjoerd Keulen & Ronald KroezeLegislating Privacy: Technology, Social Values, and Public Policy, Priscilla Regan2. Privacy from a Legal Perspective, Bart van der SlootThree Dimensions of Privacy, Beate Roessler3. Privacy from an Ethical Perspective, Marijn SaxNudging: A Very Short Guide, Cass R. Sunstein4. Privacy from an Economic Perspective, Edo Roos LindgreenSecurity, Privacy, and the Internet of Things (IoT), Mikko Hypponen5. Privacy from an Informatics Perspective, Matthijs Koot & Cees de LaatPolitical Science and Privacy, Charles Raab6. Privacy from an Intelligence Perspective, Willemijn Aerdts & Giliam de ValkA Privacy Doctrine for the Cyber Age, Amitai Etzioni7. Privacy from an Archival Perspective, Tjeerd SchiphofMedical Privacy: Where Deontology and Consequentialism Meet, Robin Pierce8. Privacy from a Medical Perspective, Wouter KoelewijnPrivacy Law – on the Books and on the Ground, Kenneth A. Bamberger & Deirdre K. Mulligan9. Privacy from a Media Studies Perspective, Jo Pierson & Ine Van ZeelandDiversity and Accountability in Data-Rich Markets, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger10. Privacy from a Communication Science Perspective, Sandra PetronioStill Uneasy: a Life with Privacy, Anita LaFrance Allen11. Privacy from an Anthropological Perspective, Sjaak van der Geest'The Handbook of Privacy Studies' is the first book in the world that brings together several disciplinary perspectives on privacy, such as the legal, ethical, medical, informatics and anthropological perspective.

Privacy is in the news almost every day: mass surveillance by intelligence agencies, the use of social media data for commercial profit and political microtargeting, password hacks and identity theft, new data protection regimes, questionable reuse of medical data, and concerns about how algorithms shape the way we think and decide.

This book offers interdisciplinary background information about these developments and how to understand and properly evaluate them. The book is set up for use in interdisciplinary educational programmes. Each chapter provides a structured analysis of the role of privacy within that discipline, its characteristics, themes and debates, as well as current challenges. Disciplinary approaches are presented in such a way that students and researchers from every scientific background can follow the argumentation and enrich their own understanding of privacy issues.