Setting the Privacy Boundary Jacob Silverman the author of Terms of Service has a chapter titled The Myth of Privacy. In this chapter he explores the phenomena of data collection and sales by various companies and the impact of that data collection on the consumer. The essence of the chapter can be summed in the quote of Kevin Kelley of Wired Magazine which read; “Privacy is mostly an illusion, but you’ll have as much of it as you want to pay for (Silverman, 2015, p. 281).” Data mining is big business in a capitalistic society but the degree to which an individual’s personal data is being bought and sold rest solely with the individual. Privacy and confidentiality are not synonymous although they are often lumped together. Healthcare
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which ought not to be spoken of outside, I will keep secret, as considering all such things to be private (Hubaux, 2016).” Privacy is defined by Merriam-Webster 2016 as the state of being alone and the state of being away from public attention. Privacies is defined as freedom from unauthorized intrusion (Merriam-Webster, 2016). Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, claims the rise of social media has caused the decline in the expectation of privacy by consumers. Zuckerberg asserts that social media over time has caused people to accept the evolution of declining privacy (Johnson, 2010). Silverman wrote about the roots of privacy, the right to be alone and the expectation of a business model to ensure the individuals right to be alone is maintained regardless of invention. An example he used was concerns raised in the 1890’s by two legal scholars that wanted to ensure privacy from recording devices and the ability to take pictures without consent. One of those scholars was a man who was the subject of interest by journalists and the scholar wanted to protect his personal circle from prying eyes (Silverman, 2015, pp. 288-290). A person’s privacy is controlled by themselves. An example would be to …show more content…
Data has become currency (Angwin, November 2016). If you want to download an app to your cell phone you are often given a choice about which software version, you would like one is ad free but costs money to download the other requires no money to download but you will get pop-up ads. Free software can be assumed to mean a data installment plan where you are paying for it over time with data collection to support
which ought not to be spoken of outside, I will keep secret, as considering all such things to be private (Hubaux, 2016).” Privacy is defined by Merriam-Webster 2016 as the state of being alone and the state of being away from public attention. Privacies is defined as freedom from unauthorized intrusion (Merriam-Webster, 2016). Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, claims the rise of social media has caused the decline in the expectation of privacy by consumers. Zuckerberg asserts that social media over time has caused people to accept the evolution of declining privacy (Johnson, 2010). Silverman wrote about the roots of privacy, the right to be alone and the expectation of a business model to ensure the individuals right to be alone is maintained regardless of invention. An example he used was concerns raised in the 1890’s by two legal scholars that wanted to ensure privacy from recording devices and the ability to take pictures without consent. One of those scholars was a man who was the subject of interest by journalists and the scholar wanted to protect his personal circle from prying eyes (Silverman, 2015, pp. 288-290). A person’s privacy is controlled by themselves. An example would be to …show more content…
Data has become currency (Angwin, November 2016). If you want to download an app to your cell phone you are often given a choice about which software version, you would like one is ad free but costs money to download the other requires no money to download but you will get pop-up ads. Free software can be assumed to mean a data installment plan where you are paying for it over time with data collection to support