Analysis Of Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have Nothing To Hide

In “Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have “Nothing to Hide””, Daniel J. Solove presents his argument over the reasons a person gives for wanting privacy and the issue of it being more than just someone trying to “hide” something. Solove says that, “The nothing to hide argument is everywhere. In Britain, for example, the government has installed millions of public-surveillance cameras in cities and towns, which are watched by officials via closed-circuit television.” (341) Solove gives the reader his viewpoint of how his argument comes from a non-sufficient explanation of what privacy means and how much value is put into the definition itself. Solove makes his point in that the focus of data collection and government usage of said data are becoming