Publisher's note
Editor's introduction
Historical timeline
The right to privacy: foundations of a constitutional debate (1890)
Defining search and seizure: the Olmstead case and the legality of wiretapping (1928)
Retro wireless surveillance: Federal Communications Act of 1934 and Goldman v. United States (1942)
Privacy and the Red Menace: Barenblatt v. United States (1959)
The constitutional right to privacy: Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Katz v. United States (1967)
Information rights: New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
The origins of data security: privacy and security in computer systems (1967 and 1975)
Monitoring dissidents: the FISA Act of 1978
Modernizing privacy philosophy: "privacy and the limits of law" (1980)
Adjusting to technology: the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (1986)
Calm before the storm: legal standards for the intelligence community in conducting electronic surveillance (2000)
Privacy surrenders to patriotism: the PATRIOT Act (2001)
The Orwellian Age: Big Brother and the privacy debate
Dividing the republic: punditry and journalism
Trying security: the 2005 PATRIOT Act hearings
The President's surveillance program: the 2005 domestic surveillance controversy
Eyes everywhere: the National Applications Office controversy (2007)
Debating privacy rights: the scholarly debate over the state of privacy


Reassuring consumers: the European cloud computing controversy
National insecurity: the Snowden leaks (2013)
The right to hide: national security vs. the free market
Brute force: the encryption debate
The advocates: privacy advocates
The case for bulk data: PATRIOT Act renewal (2015)
The Snowden effect: the USA Freedom Act (2015)
The writ to refuse: the Apple, Inc. iPhone controversy (2016)
The debate continues: Section 702 renewal (2016-2018)
The existence of privacy: the philosophy of privacy
Permanent imbalance: public opinion in the right to privacy debate
Primary & secondary sources
Glossary
Historical snapshots
Bibliography.