Internet privacy

camera. A world where they could even tell who switched seats with their friends in the middle of the movie. Surprisingly, that could happen in a few years. New Japanese technology can do just that, and it has a 98% accuracy rating in lab tests so far(Privacy). What other creative surveillance methods will be around by 2025? How will they be integrated into our society? That is what I wanted to find out in my second Media Search. Having already researched current technology like license plate…

Informational Privacy Privacy is an elaborate concept that cannot easily be defined because it entails many categories such as physical privacy, communication privacy, psychological privacy and informational privacy (Castaldo, Premazzi & Grosso, 2013, p.4). Informational privacy’s correlation to social media is the increasing amount of information available to online marketing companies and the continued “dissemination of personal awareness” users face (Castaldo et al., 2013, p.4). Thus, the…

“Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet,” stated Gary Kovacs the president of several software companies (Kovacs). However, since the implementation of the Patriot Act in 2001, the loss of American privacy is one of the many results of the new set of revised laws that have been rewritten to give the government more freedom in observing our electronic fingerprint (“Surveillance Under the Patriot Act”). In their hurry to act on the…

What are the Australian Privacy Principles The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) are contained in schedule 1 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). The APPs outline how “APP entities” must handle, use and manage personal information. Legal practitioners need to be aware that the APPs are not prescriptive. Each APP entity has to consider and determine how the principles apply to its own situation. The Guidance Note lists the APPs, and provide legal practitioners with examples of how an…

The recent changes and precedents in privacy, search law and technology adequately achieve a balance between individual and collective rights. Every individual should know the limit to their right, leading into the idea that citizens should be well know-ledged about the rights they are guaranteed. This does not mean memorizing the Charter, but it does mean knowing that the rights may be infringed under specific circumstances with a justification. An individual should be aware as to when their…

Post 9/11 Privacy Prior the terrorist events that took place on September 11 (9/11), privacy was of minimal concern to most people. Of course they were concerned about identity theft and credit scores, but that paled in comparison to the fear that was generated by events on 9/11, which opened the gateway for new levels of privacy encroachments and examination that many are not comfortable with in their day-to-day lives. Ultimately, the argument comes down to whether people are for or against…

invasion of privacy? I do not, I was raised by my parents knowing that I do not have rights till I am eighteen or I am out of their house. I have reached an age to understand where my parents are coming from now, and why my parents went through my phone, computer, and diary’s as often as they did; they were just doing their job as my caregiver. In the op-ed article “The Undercover Parent,” by Harlan Coben (2008) claims that spyware is a great way to monitor their children’s internet…

New technologies are putting more pressure on the boundaries of privacy. New ways are emerging that aid in tracking private information on individuals. No matter what new technology emerges, individual privacy rights should be respected at all levels. Americans are concerned of how to maintain an equilibrium between their personal privacy rights and the need for government to track potential terrorist threats since Edward Snowden leaked National Security Agency's (NSA) documents which included…

"Social Media: Is Privacy Worth the Lives of Others? As citizens of the United States, we have freedom of speech and freedom of press. These rights allow us to state our opinions in print without being censored by the government. This is frequently taken advantage of, but when does it become harmful and a threat to others? If people are using press, like social media, to bring harm to other people, then why doesn’t the government intervene? We have our right to privacy, but when it risks the…

carry laptops, and many have GPS in their cars. It is impossible to escape technology, and it is highly likely that you could be tracked every time you step out of your front door. Americans want the right to privacy, but they also want to feel secure. Bottom line, the debate is privacy vs. security. In our US Government class, we learned about the important contributions of the philosopher John Locke. He believed that we are all born with certain rights. His Social Contract Theory…