Argumentative Essay: Information Privacy Against Government and Corporations We as citizens would think privacy is something we have, it’s also something we should cherish and value but because of technology including credit cards/debit cards, it’s hard to keep this condition without worldly interactions. Additionally, the government and various corporations also play a vital factor in this situation based on our private information. For instance, The Privacy Act of 1974 gives the government or federal law the right to obtain “ fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies.”(Department of Justice).
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“One recruiter told us that headhunters have used social network data to make sure job candidates are a fit with their clients. So if you lost out on a job because of Facebook, it might not have been because of just one indiscretion. You might have been rejected because an employer or recruiter found telling details in your postings, even though such a rejection might constitute discrimination.”(Greenhaven Press). Even though most or some of us are given the option of what we post or look up online; some thing’s are used against us, such as what we display or like on corporations, in particular Instagram or Twitter. We should be able to give the authority to say what can or can not be used. This invasion of privacy should be inquired instead of being used without authorization; furthermore this privacy act which acquires “fair information” should be questioned, especially our freedom of speech. A statement made by Elise cooper argues in an article called Security Requires that Civil Liberties, Including Privacy, Not Be Absolute that “The idea behind FISA was that the contact between prosecutors and intelligence wiretaps should be kept to a minimum to prevent American liberties from being eroded. The "wall" would keep the prosecution side and the intelligence side separate… After 9/11, "the wall" was formally eradicated by Congress and the Court of Appeals. However, there are still barriers today, walls that are less pronounced. Baker, who recently wrote the book Skating on Stilts, notes that even after the 9/11 attack people are suspicious of limits to their civil liberties, are pushing back the pendulum in the other direction, and still have the assumption that the threats have been overstated by government agencies that want to yield more power.” In summary Elise is stating how FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) should be
“One recruiter told us that headhunters have used social network data to make sure job candidates are a fit with their clients. So if you lost out on a job because of Facebook, it might not have been because of just one indiscretion. You might have been rejected because an employer or recruiter found telling details in your postings, even though such a rejection might constitute discrimination.”(Greenhaven Press). Even though most or some of us are given the option of what we post or look up online; some thing’s are used against us, such as what we display or like on corporations, in particular Instagram or Twitter. We should be able to give the authority to say what can or can not be used. This invasion of privacy should be inquired instead of being used without authorization; furthermore this privacy act which acquires “fair information” should be questioned, especially our freedom of speech. A statement made by Elise cooper argues in an article called Security Requires that Civil Liberties, Including Privacy, Not Be Absolute that “The idea behind FISA was that the contact between prosecutors and intelligence wiretaps should be kept to a minimum to prevent American liberties from being eroded. The "wall" would keep the prosecution side and the intelligence side separate… After 9/11, "the wall" was formally eradicated by Congress and the Court of Appeals. However, there are still barriers today, walls that are less pronounced. Baker, who recently wrote the book Skating on Stilts, notes that even after the 9/11 attack people are suspicious of limits to their civil liberties, are pushing back the pendulum in the other direction, and still have the assumption that the threats have been overstated by government agencies that want to yield more power.” In summary Elise is stating how FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) should be