In business and government, many
important issues are being debated, as Internet technologies accelerate
the ubiquity of global telecommunications connection in business and
society.
- Accessing individuals’ private E-mail
conversations and computer records and collecting and sharing
information about individuals gained from their visits to Internet
websites and newsgroups (violation of privacy).
- Always
knowing where a person is, especially as mobile and paging services
become more closely associated with people rather than places (computer
monitoring).
- Using customer information gained from many sources to market additional business services (computer matching).
- Collecting
telephone numbers, E-mail address, credit numbers, and other personal
information to build individual customer profiles (unauthorized personal
files).
Important Privacy Issues