Defining “Paternalism” Online. Since some of my cobloggers have taken to using the phrase “Privacy Paternalists” to describe some advocates of privacy regulation, I want to suggest a distinction growing out of the discussion on Berin’s Google Buzz post below.
I think that it’s clear there is such a thing as a “privacy paternalist”—and there are not a few among folks I consider allies on other issues. They’re the ones who are convinced that anyone who values privacy less highly than they do must be confused or irrational. A genuine privacy paternalist will say that even if almost everyone understands that Amazon keeps track of their purchases to make useful recommendations, this collection must be prohibited because they’re not thinking clearly about what this really means and may someday regret it.
There’s actually a variant on this view that I won’t go into at length, but which I don’t think should be classed as strictly paternalist. Facebook Announces Changes to Privacy Policy. Again. Two Notions of Privacy Online by Avner Levin, Patricia Abril. Users of social networking websites tend to disclose much personal information online yet seem to retain some form of an expectation of privacy.
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