The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America

The Unwanted Gaze is an important book about one of the most pressing issues of our
day: how changes in technology and the law have combined to demolish our rights of
privacy, and what we can and must do to re-secure them.

In a world in which Ken
Starr can subpoena Monica Lewinsky’s bookstore receipts and deleted e-mail messages
can be used as justification for firing employees, it’s clear that private information
of all kinds can be taken out of context and wielded against us. Where exactly did
our constitutional guarantees on privacy go? In superbly lucid prose, Jeffrey Rosen
tells not only where those privacy rights went but also how we can get them back.
The Unwanted Gaze is utterly indispensable for anyone who cares about the future
of his or her private life.