SUMMARY - Balancing Security and Privacy
Balancing Security and Privacy: Navigating Two Essential Public Values in a Digital Era
Security and privacy are often framed as opposing goals — one requiring visibility, monitoring, and data collection, the other demanding restraint, proportionality, and personal autonomy. In reality, both are foundational to a functioning democracy. Security protects people from harm; privacy protects people from overreach. Effective digital governance requires maintaining both, without allowing one to eclipse the other.