The Value Of Digital Privacy In An Information Technology Age

In “Privacy under Attack,” the authors discuss some potential ways of how our privacy could be in danger or stolen by companies or accessible by administration and corporations. According to the authors, some ways that our privacy could be in danger are first through video records and picture taken by traffic cameras and surveillance cameras for us. Second through illegal “wiretaps” by the government that could hear our conversations. Third, our privacy and personal data could be “monitored by corporations through the role of club cards, raffles, or refunds that outside companies’ collection of data about us can then be sold without noticing, given consumers the optional to search for the box on any frame to indicate they don’t want their personal

Although technology has provided tools to enhance our capabilities in things such as finding a missing person, solving murder cases based on technological assets etc.., this technology also leaves us vulnerable in many ways to slowly losing our privacy (Burten, C., 2012).

As a growing topic of discussion, privacy in our society has stirred quite some concern. With the increase of technology and social networking our standards for privacy have been altered and the boundary between privacy and government has been blurred. In the article, Visible Man: Ethics in a World Without Secrets, Peter Singer addresses the different aspects of privacy that are being affected through the use of technology. The role of privacy in a democratic society is a tricky endeavor, however, each individual has a right to privacy. In our society, surveillance undermines privacy and without privacy there can be no democracy.

Technological advances are dramatically modifying the face of our society. Even though technology does indeed make it possible to efficiently accomplish many tasks, advanced technology does come with a price. More specifically, new technology developments often create unforeseen issues when it comes to privacy; a valuable human aspect. According to Kearns, a William and Mary School of Law graduate, many privacy concerns raised by advances in surveillance and information technologies are widely recognized, recent developments have led to a convergence of these technologies in many situations, presenting new challenges to the right to privacy (Kearns, 1999). Such argument is supported by the American politician Richard Rovere, who believes that, “Technology has made us all a great deal more dependent upon one another than we ever were in the past and necessarily, therefore, less able to protect our own privacy.” (Rovere, 2007). However, advanced technology does seem to have positive effects on our society when it come to the protection of government information privacy, “It is important to acknowledge the sense in which privacy-invasive technologies are (and can be) neutral.” (Marx, 2007). Yet, as society enforces these technological advancements, it seems that the problems such developments create outweigh its benefits. In actuality, rapid advanced in technology and their capacity to gather immense information increases the risk of privacy invasion, violation of civil

Privacy vs. security has been a hot topic of debate for every country around the world. The argument is whether or not the government should get to see all of its citizens information to keep its people more protected. However, in the article "Who Has the Right to Track You?", the author explains that corporations are seeking the right to purchase certain individuals private information. The author greatly shows the idea that companies are becoming too powerful and too demanding. In comparison, in the article "Private License Plate Scanners Amassing Vast Databases Open to Highest Bidders", the author describes how certain governments will sell technology to capture private

[2] Since then there have been occurrences involving governmental agencies, software applications, and social media information gathering about personal information without consent. Privacy is still a new concept for Americans and will continue to evolve with technology, as well as other aspects of

“In recent months, a series of news reports have brought public attention to the collection of individual data by government agencies.” In discussions of the advanced use of technology, one controversial issue has been the practice of mass surveillance which is used by the American government. On one hand, individuals argue that there are several advantages of surveillance technology; for instance, these types of systems are believed to limit the number of criminal activity within an area and easily detect suspects. On the other hand, others oppose the surveillance theory because they believe that it is against our constitutional right to privacy. My own view is that the technology that we rely heavily upon today is steadily bringing us closer to the world of Big Brother because the government has the ability to collect information from devices that are constantly being in use such as cell phones, televisions, and computers without our consent.

The 21st century had brought an infinite number of technological advancements whose purpose is to make the lives of new, developed world much more manageable. These digital technologies that have revolutionized our daily lives have also created minutely detailed records of those lives. As a society, we are not quite sure why surveillance is bad and why we should be wary of it. To an extent, the answer has to something to do with privacy, but we lack an understanding of what privacy really means in this context and why it matters. We have been able to live with this state of affairs, mostly because the threat of constant surveillance has been condemned to the idea as science fiction and a failed totalitarian state.

Camp, a director of Security Informatics program, assistant professor of Telecommunication and computer science in Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, argues how the United States has put into a lot of effort to assure the right to privacy, yet there is no certainty that it is protecting people browsing the internet. The article continues, stating that internet browsing has no legal protection in the United States, making it easy for people to spy on each other’s lives and steal personal information. The article questions the value of privacy and confidentially when it comes to the internet. For example, when people research something or create an account in the internet that includes providing personal information to the site such as your birthdate, occupation, and interests that personal information is distributed and accessed to companies or third parties to use at their advantage. In some case the information is often used to personalize advertisements when you are on the internet or in other situations the information is used to steal one’s identity. In this article we are able to see how technology is powerful by itself without the control of government regulations. The article encourages the readers to question existing laws that protect our privacy and security as there is no boundaries in the internet to prevent people from hacking into your personal

Every individual is entitled to the right of privacy and measures should be taken to address these issues in the new technology. An advanced technology can be very useful if properly handled and controlled, but it also presents huge damage risks if misused. On the other hand, privacy can be described as the ability of not exposing an individual in any way to others without his consent.

    How would you feel if every move you make, every word you say, every number you dial on the telephone, could easily be accessed or monitored by just about anyone in the world? Well, chances are that you and me and many others are currently, or have been, victims of this infringement on privacy. With today's ever growing technology, there is little one can do to ensure privacy in normal, every day life. Even though many benefits have come with this increased technology, the inherent loss of privacy scares many. In most cases, the use of such technology is taken too far, and if continued use of these technologies is to be permitted, then the law has some serious

According to the journalist Arthur Baxter “Technology has brought great advances and conveniences, but it also comes with the cost of privacy” (TNW News). We have seen many examples about governments spying on people or spying on other countries. Perhaps the most important and the easiest way that enables governments to spy is by using people’s information on social media, bank accounts, by satellite surveillance, and help from some companies. This, however, is a stain on all governments that pursue this approach, and to all companies that help the governments spying on people.

Finding the balance between national security and individual privacy is a seemingly unnerving task. Today’s society has made great strides in innovation and technological advancements all designed to make the lives of members of society faster and more convenient. These new technologies are not without a price. The most widespread price paid by users of technology is the loss of privacy that comes with the bulk collection of data from many of these devices by the government. With this rapid change in technology the meaning of privacy has changed over the years, it is now understood as freedom from having one’s personal life and information tampered with. Privacy is essential to civilization, it allows every individual to create and preserve

In the 21st century, modern life is created and molded around technology. Your usual day of going to work, browsing the internet, calling a friend, or using GPS is technology’s gold mine of intel gathering on everything that was, is, or will be you. You are recorded through security cameras and captured through cell phone videos and imaging anywhere you go. Your cookies are traced and sent to advertisers and your phone calls are recorded from towers and archived. This has caused the argument that true privacy no longer exists, and it’s a sound one. History shows that citizens fought for privacy more vivaciously in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. However, since the boom of the digital era, people have been resigning themselves to the fact that their data and personal information will be seen, monitored, and used in exchange for security, convenience, and entertainment.

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