Consumer Privacy On The Internet

Time Newspaper has learnt that it's not surprising that Internet companies have electronic dossiers that contain personal information for individuals who subscribe to the websites. Generally, these companies have obtained the information from people based on individual's visit to the website, sent and received emails, tagged photos, and searches people carry out. However, the extent of personal information known by these Internet companies has remained largely unknown as well who they provide and/or sell this information to. However, Internet companies continue to gather lots of personal information from different people who focus on carrying out online activities on a daily basis. Currently, it's estimated that these firms gather personal information from nearly 500 million users but are hesitant to provide this information to the other firms or individuals. As their unwillingness to share has attracted significant congressional inquiry, things could finally change in California following the introduction of a bill that may force companies to disclose the kind of personal information they have gathered and how this information is being used.

How different countries and organizations are approaching privacy issues along with my predictions how it will unfold the future

The increasing use of personal information in web-based applications has created privacy concerns worldwide. This has led to awareness among policy makers in several countries regarding the desirability of harmonizing privacy laws. The challenge with privacy legislation from an international perspective is that the Internet is virtually borderless but legislative approaches differ between countries.

Over the past decade the world has gotten much smaller due to the electronic communication the Internet has fostered. While this promotes business and international relations, problems arise regarding the protection of individuals’ personal information. Many countries around the world have developed privacy policies and laws protect an individual's information in the realm of electronic communication. Universal enforcement gets complicated because the Internet is not restricted to one country; it’s worldwide. As a result, concerns arise regarding the compatibility of various countries' privacy policies. This paper will discuss the current legislation in place for various major

Information privacy is referred to as data protection. It entails the existing relationship of gathering and spreading of the information, public expectation of privacy, technology and the legal circumstances pertaining to data privacy. Personal information consists of political records, financial data, website data, medical records, business related information and criminal records among others.

Privacy is individuals condition of life which is kept safe from rest of the world or Privacy is the right to be left alone. Carl Landwehr in his article “Privacy and Security” states that, “privacy is preserved when in- formation remains within a specified context— financial information stays with my financial advisor or broker, religious information with my religious counselor, health information with my medical practice, educational in- formation with my school, and so on” (2). So in simple words if one can keep his personal information secret, then he have privacy. But if he don 't - if it 's not secret anymore, if third parties hold his personal information - then somehow he have lost all his privacy.

Sadly, privacy concerns don’t only arise from criminal activity. Ian Oxman, a well-known spam-fighter and privacy advocate decided to trace a car back to its previous owner. Oxman was surprised at how easy it is to track the former owner. Upon calling up the previous owner, he response is “You don’t know who I am but I’m driving the car you sold.” At the very end she says, “How did you find me?” Internet users are saying, “How did you find me?” more than they are comfortable with. The real question is, are consumer’s privacy not taken seriously? It’s agreed that monitoring the Internet is great for protecting valuable information, but one should not be able to track someone as easily as Oxman did.

Consumer online privacy is the most criticized subsection of Internet Privacy. Since technology has advanced, we don’t just buy goods on the internet, we pay our bills such as; Cell phone, TV and Internet. It is the most criticized

In this report I am going to talk about the rights people have to privacy and about the laws that go with privacy. Privacy is the thought that information that is confidential that is disclosed in a private place will not be available to third parties when the information would cause embarrassment or emotional distress to a person.

The concern about privacy on the Internet is increasingly becoming an issue of international dispute. ?Citizens are becoming concerned that the most intimate details of their daily lives are being monitored, searched and recorded.? (www.britannica.com) 81% of Net users are concerned about threats to their privacy while online. The greatest threat to privacy comes from the construction of e-commerce alone, and not from state agents. E-commerce is structured on the copy and trade of intimate personal information and therefore, a threat to privacy on the Internet.

The article describes that there has to be a legal framework or guiding theory to aid lawmakers and judges, allowing a systematic means of weighing privacy harms and remedies . It also states that, without such a framework or guide, privacy violations often go unpunished, victims remain uncompensated, and violators do not have a clear idea of how to act properly in the future. The journal does not have an ERIM classification and is (only) cited 6 times as for the 25th of April. This means that it is important to remain critical concerning this article’s claims . This journal is a Scholarly Journal, however, and it can be justified that a certain quality goes along with it. The article illustrates an approach to protecting the privacy in a digital age . Before addressing any protections to privacy in the digital age, the article describes the problems and issues that still remain unsolved, and are thus valuable in the topic of privacy issues in the information age

Information gathering, through networking, social media, and both on and offline storage have made it easier to collect information about an individual than ever before, with many concerns having arisen over the years about privacy and the ability to protect that privacy. As debates over personally identifiable information continue, one cornerstone remains a constant, ethics. Ethics are defined as “the standard by which human actions can be judged right and wrong (Online, 2012)”, but even that can be debated when discussed within the realm of information technology. Have you ever been to an internet shopping site and “trusted” the secure connection? Essentially, you are entrusting an inanimate system developed by an individual or group

In today’s world, many Internet users visit websites in which require the use of personal data, such as online banking sites, Paypal accounts, the Internal Revenue Service, Facebook accounts, as

Privacy concerns on the web have become an undesirable consequence that people face with cyber technology. The ability of computers to gather and store unlimited amount of information from the internet raises privacy issues concerning an individual’s informational privacy. A person’s right to informational privacy is the ability to control the flow of their personal information, including the transfer and exchange of that information. An invasion of informational privacy denies people the right to control who accesses their personal information. Many internet users are unaware that they are more likely to compromise their privacy when using the internet services such as search engines and social networking sites. The internet provides access to an incredible amount of information from all over the world. Some internet users use the internet exclusively as a source of information while other internet users use the internet to create and disseminate information for others to use. However, the vast amount of information floating on the internet would not

According to Nakr (2011) In the United State of America, Almost people consider privacy is the fundamental right that should be protected. The authority or government should come out such a law to guard people privacy. As today, consumer privacy rights become more serious concern as the using of digital transaction which being exchanged over the Internet. All the sensitive information such as tax, health and identification number data is stored on the database. The owner will not know who has accessed to it. These concerns, users are become more aware of it and unwilling to easily provide such the most sensitive and private info. Marketers as a trustee should have a responsibility to preserve consumer data and not only