This open access book provides researchers and professionals with a foundational understanding
of online privacy as well as insight into the socio-technical privacy issues that are most
pertinent to modern information systems covering several modern topics (e.g. privacy in
social media IoT) and underexplored areas (e.g. privacy accessibility privacy for vulnerable
populations cross-cultural privacy). The book is structured in four parts which follow after
an introduction to privacy on both a technical and social level: Privacy Theory and Methods
covers a range of theoretical lenses through which one can view the concept of privacy. The
chapters in this part relate to modern privacy phenomena thus emphasizing its relevance to our
digital networked lives. Next Domains covers a number of areas in which privacy concerns and
implications are particularly salient including among others social media healthcare smart
cities wearable IT and trackers. The Audiences section then highlights audiences that have
traditionally been ignored when creating privacy-preserving experiences: people from other
(non-Western) cultures people with accessibility needs adolescents and people who are
underrepresented in terms of their race class gender or sexual identity religion or some
combination. Finally the chapters in Moving Forward outline approaches to privacy that move
beyond one-size-fits-all solutions explore ethical considerations and describe the regulatory
landscape that governs privacy through laws and policies. Perhaps even more so than the other
chapters in this book these chapters are forward-looking by using current personalized
ethical and legal approaches as a starting point for re-conceptualizations of privacy to serve
the modern technological landscape.The book's primary goal is to inform IT students
researchers and professionals about both the fundamentals of online privacy and the issues
that are most pertinent to modern information systems. Lecturers or teachers can assign (parts
of) the book for a professional issues course. IT professionals may select chapters covering
domains and audiences relevant to their field of work as well as the Moving Forward chapters
that cover ethical and legal aspects. Academics who are interested in studying privacy or
privacy-related topics will find a broad introduction in both technical and social aspects.
