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The paper begins with a defence of a new definition of privacy as the absence of undocumented personal knowledge. In the middle section, I criticise alternative accounts of privacy. Finally, I show how my definition can be worked into contemporary American Law.
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Parent, W.A. A new definition of privacy for the law. Law Philos 2, 305–338 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144949
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144949