This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. For two decades, privacy has remained at the center of public debate, with repeated reports of cyber privacy violations highlighting the urgent need for clearer regulation. Yet fundamental questions persist: What is privacy? Where does the private sphere end and the public begin? How does privacy relate to freedom, autonomy, and liberty? How should individual rights be balanced against the public’s right to know in an era of pervasive information and communication technologies (ICTs)?

In this audiobook, Yair Oppenheim reviews existing definitions of personal privacy and distills their core components. He proposes dividing privacy into two categories: deep personal privacy and general personal privacy. By shifting the discussion toward deep and general personal privacy information, he draws a clear boundary around deep personal privacy when analyzing the impact of ICTs.

Oppenheim argues that until the age of ICTs, deep personal privacy was largely inaccessible and therefore not culture-dependent, unlike general personal privacy, which has always varied across cultures. While ICTs affect both types, their most profound impact lies in enabling, for the first time in history, the exposure of deep personal privacy. This sphere, he contends, is a fundamental human need, essential not only for individuals but also for society as a whole.

Dr. Yair Oppenheim holds degrees in mathematics, computer science, business, and cyber security, and earned his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University’s Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. He has managed IT and information systems for multinational corporations including Delta-Galil, GE Healthcare, and Teva Pharmaceuticals.