Electronic Surveillance In Canada

The prevalence of technology in modern societies has further connected people over the past decades. Technologies such as cellphones and the internet have been used for communication and transactions between people. However, the use of technology possess inconspicuous risks. The use of electronic surveillances is not acceptable for the intrusion of personal privacy because of the lack of protection it can give to the personal information of a person. An examination of the literature will prove this to be the case.
There are several ways that a person’s personal information can be collected online. Fake electronic commerce sites have become abundant in the internet to trick online shoppers to give their personal information and card credentials (Gold 33). An extension in the Mozilla Firefox browser called Firesheep makes stealing account credentials from people with ease (Kern and Phetteplace 210). Social networking sites such as Facebook have been used by people in relationships to surveil activities of the other person in secret, a clear violation of privacy (Tong 792). Clearly, the online world is not a safe place to share personal information.
Offline electronic surveillances have difficulties protecting the privacy of people. A study of the use of electronic surveillance in Canada …show more content…
Public libraries should inform people of the risk of using internet, and give knowledge of internet safety such as suggesting the use of trusted browsers (Kern and Phetteplace 211;213). Banks need to promote the use of the magnetic stripe on cards to ensure the safety of the cardholder’s credentials (Gold 35). Advocates of the violations of privacy through the use of video surveillances should create awareness of the issue, thus, guidelines for the use video surveillances would be re-assessed and effectively enforced (Huey 708). These methods will give knowledge of internet safety and protect the privacy of