An expert on digital surveillance argued that data privacy is essential to maintaining individual autonomy in the digital age at a Georgetown University event April 10. Cindy Cohn, executive director ...

Autonomy and dignity lie at the heart of high-quality long-term care for older adults, reflecting the right to self-determination and the inherent worth of each individual. Autonomy encompasses the ...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he ...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 15: Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Internet Party leader Laila Harre, Robert Amsterdam, Glenn Greenwald and Kim Dotcom discuss the revelations about New Zealand's ...

Every teen craves some privacy. Learn why privacy is important for teens, how it's related to trust, and when it's appropriate to snoop. The desire for more privacy is a natural part of growing up. In ...

Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of autonomy. Researchers have acknowledged this connection, but there's been ...

Cognitive privacy is the freedom to think, wonder, question, struggle, and form ideas without those processes being observed or recorded. When you're learning something genuinely new, you don't just ...