https://tidsskrift.dk/privacy_studies_journal <p>Privacy Studies Journal (PSJ) is a fully open access, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by the <a href="https://teol.ku.dk/privacy">Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Privacy Studies</a>, University of Copenhagen. It has an international <a href="https://tidsskrift.dk/privacy_studies_journal/about/editorialTeam">editorial board</a> with members representing a broad range of academic fields.</p> <p>PSJ spans the present and the past, and envisions the future. Featuring original, high-quality research on privacy in its broadest sense and with the human component in focus, we welcome contributions that take privacy and the private as catalysts for analysis.</p> Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen en-US Privacy Studies Journal 2794-3941 https://tidsskrift.dk/privacy_studies_journal/article/view/132278 <p>This article explores the public/private character of the urban residences of the social and political elite in Renaissance Italy. The public-private dichotomy is not understood here in terms of accessibility or openness, but in terms of ownership and belonging. Although the residence was owned by the private family, it also belonged to the urban and civic community, as well as the communal authorities. Praise for urban residences in written sources are both an expression and an active contribution to this phenomenon. Such praise presented urban residences as ornaments of the city that made a fundamental contribution to its splendour and beauty. Urban residences also assumed an increasingly prominent position in the urban fabric, along those roads that the political authorities developed into the representational face of the city. Finally, financing mechanisms led to a more ambiguous status of the urban residence as a public/private building. In several cities, communal authorities financed, in part or in full, the construction of such buildings. By exploring the public/private character of urban residential architecture in Renaissance Italy in terms of ownership and belonging, this article contributes to the many studies that have already explored this topic, but mainly in terms of design and use.</p> Nele De Raedt Copyright (c) 2023 Nele De Raedt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-05-31 2023-05-31 2 35 50 10.7146/psj.v2i.132278 https://tidsskrift.dk/privacy_studies_journal/article/view/134656 <p>Eye-tracking is in our future. Across many fields, eye-tracking is growing in prominence. This paper focuses on eye-tracking in virtual reality as a case study to illuminate novel privacy risks and propose a governance response to them: a design shift that provides users with an experientially resonant means of understanding privacy threats. It is a strategy that Ryan Calo calls “visceral notice.” To make our case for visceral notice, we proceed as follows. First, we provide a concise account of how eye-tracking works, emphasizing its threat to autonomy and privacy.&nbsp; Second, we discuss the sensitive personal information that eye-tracking reveals, complications that limit what eye-tracking studies establish, and the comparative advantage large technology companies may have when tracking our eyes.&nbsp; Third, we explain why eye-tracking will likely be crucial for developing virtual reality technology. Fourth, we review Calo’s conception of visceral notice and offer suggestions for applying it to virtual reality to help users better appreciate eye-tracking risks. Finally, we consider seven objections to our proposals and provide counterpoints to them.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> Evan Selinger Ely Altman Shaun Foster Copyright (c) 2023 Evan Selinger, Ely Altman, Shaun Foster https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2023-03-24 2023-03-24 2 1 34 10.7146/psj.v2i.134656