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With the current technology on the rise and its ability to learn and track what we do, eat, whom we talk to and when we sleep it is such a big part of our daily lives that consumers don’t realize the possible dangers. The issue that come from letting these websites, computers and phones etc. can have a huge impact with our daily life. What else do these companies know about us and how much freedom and privacy do we really have. Allowing Big brother and little brother being in bed with one another. Allowing big name companies and smaller companies to have access to literally everything that we search on the internet and simply what we like is a problem.

In her article George Orwell…Meet Mark Zuckerberg, Lori Andrews discusses the privacy issue on internet. The issue involving Data aggregators that hack into our internet and use our personal information to sell to larger cooperation’s so they can advertise items to us. In this Article Andrews argues against the idea of cooperation’s going through someone personal internet history on what they have researched on and to use that information as a database for describing that person, creating another life on the internet. Andrews claims that if you were to get a loan, a job, a house or a credit card it would now work on web lining basically what you have put on your digital self, rather than your credit history it would depend on things like

Jim Harper, the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch, feels, “People should get smart and learn how to control personal information.” However, at this time, the only way to thoroughly control your personal information is to avoid the internet altogether. Once a web purchase is completed or a post is liked, that data moves beyond the reach of that individual. An identity is created, but the one it identifies has no authority in the matter. The data brokers have carte blanche to handle or pass along information as they please. Truth and privacy become casualties when the only concern is how to make a profit, and there's always a profit to be made. As Alexis Madrigal noted, “Every move you make on the internet is worth some tiny amount to someone.” Individuals should have control over their internet identity after their hands leave the keyboard. The damage done, whether purposeful or unintended, is too great of a risk to let continue. In the meantime, Jim Harper's limited solution should not be ignored. Each individual must be attentive to what data they make available. For now, it is the only power we

Imagine, that you come back from a hard day’s work. You put on your favorite grey sweats with a cozy sweater. Soon after, you get a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Then you lean back on the sofa, turn on the television and change the channel to the local news. Breaking news with bright red letters are plastered across the screen. The news anchor goes on explaining that an employee at the local hospital accidentally donated data of patients. This means that patient’s social security numbers, addresses, medical records, and other personal information, were given away without patients’ permission or consent. At that moment you realize that all your personal information is out there for everyone to see and use; and there is nothing you can do about it. The collection of personal information is called data mining, and is collected through large online databases. The real question is that data mining violating our privacy and rights? Why are companies still collecting our personal information without our consent and how can we protect ourselves from breaches? Data mining should be limited in the United States and needs to undergo more appropriate privacy and security policies to protect citizens privacy.

The article called, The End of Privacy by Adam L. Penenberg, demonstrates the easy access an intruder can have to someone’s private information in today’s digital world with just a few taps on the keyboard, and a phone. Making your private information unprotected and defenseless. Penenberg also describes transition from mainframe computers to desktop PCs making private information vulnerable. He also reveals that marketers and busybodies have more customer data than ever. He also illustrates the advances of search methods that cyber criminals have up their sleeve, how the misrepresent themselves in order to puncture through the credit bureaus, and the Federal reserve database, spilling out all of your financial information, social security,

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.

A patient’s right to privacy is one of the most important and protected elements of healthcare today. Patient health information is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and even more so by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. “The HIPAA Privacy Rule is a key federal law governing the privacy and confidentiality of patient information.” (Brodnik, Rinehart-Thompson, Reynolds. 2012 pg. 215.) The law governing patient privacy has two goals, “to provide an individual with greater rights with

Greenemeier starts by addressing, the cost of Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and other Internet company’s by the exchange of information for advertising revenue. Most internet users generally accept this trade-off of private data, which is when one clicks they agree to the terms and conditions. He says the dark side of bartering personal data, is that the internet user has no way to track who has control of their information. When visiting sites such as clothing and shoe stores, the data is read that one maybe interested in such stores. If one was to close the browser containing the store catalog, the next social media and/or website will have advertising specific to what one researched at the previous store. This information collection allows for easier ad revenue for the producers, because each click on the ads allows for a small percent of profits from the website that one had come from. Greenemeier also talks about five ways one can protect them from information

Internet service providers, depending on the state in which they are located, have different policies regarding the collection and storing of personal information or data of their subscribed users. In the United States of America there are many legislative proposals such as “Do not track me online act of 2011” or “Do not track kids act of 2011”, such proposals were shaken by the lack of a strong basis and sustainability. Everything changed in 201222, when the security control and the quality of personal data protection have been passed on both to the consumer's concern and to the concern of search engine companies. The report of the Federal Commission states that through this protection, the consumer will choose if he wants his information to be used by third parties. This report was subsequently integrated into consumer privacy law, a report proposed by US President Barack Obama23. Giants such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, or Mozilla will offer the user the ability to choose whether he wants his data to be used by other companies. The only problem with this proposal is that there is no agent or organization applying this measure, the

Foremost, our privacy is at stake due to if a website or social media requires a person’s personal information such as their

Privacy and confidentiality are basic rights in our society. Safeguarding those rights, with respect to an individual’s personal health information, is our ethical and legal obligation as health care providers. Doing so in today’s health care environment is increasingly challenging (OJIN, 2005).

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.

Have you ever wonder why the advertisement boxes on the internet always related to our interests? This is because the advertising companies know about our preferences and have access to our personal informations. They use the method called “Behavioral Tracking” to invade our privacies by secretly tracking our online activities and histories. Each time we surf the internet, the advertising companies observe our behavioral and build our profiles according to our interests and preferences. This process is done without our consents, which result in invading our personal rights, privacies, and informations. Behavioral tracking is a worldwide issue that need to be fixed as soon as possible. There are several ways to stop this problem included the

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

Sites people regularly access like Google and Facebook can be taking their information and profiting off of it. On March 23, 2017 the senate voted to repeal new online privacy laws. These laws made by the Obama administration were supposed to give people a right to more privacy online. Tom Wheeler, the former FCC chairman, said,“While everyone was focused on the latest headline crisis coming out of the White House, Congress was able to roll back privacy.” The vote was swept under the rug so no one had enough time to properly fight this bill from being made which made many people extremely angry. This bill would've definitely helped give people more privacy but large companies fought it. It’s plainly obvious that this bill wasn’t made to help the people but to help corporations. With the law repealed big companies were given the go ahead to sell the private information it had taken from people on their websites with no legal