No Privacy
Each time someone uses the ATM, visits the doctor, uses a credit card, chats on the internet, or even makes a phone call, they are leaving electronic fingerprints. Nearly every quantifiable aspect of a person's life finds its way into a data bank some where. This information is sometimes studied, other times it is ignored completely, and yet other times collected and sold. It may perhaps be sold again, probably without the knowledge of that person. Privacy is becoming a great concern as technology and the continued expansion of the Internet threatens our ability to keep secrets. Privacy is one of our most cherished aspects of our lives. Although this is a great burden to many people, it is not always reflected in their behavior. We regularly trade off privacy for security and convenience. We depend of out credit cards, take comfort in security cameras, and use cellular phones. Each of these electronic advances can create more ways for business, government, or malicious individuals to get personal information. Technology has outpaced the law. There are not nearly enough privacy-related statutes and regulations as one would have thought, and even those rules may be shady in their protections. The government should fix or
permanent, often computerized records on the subjects of their investigations. These reports are regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of 1970. This act only applies to information collected and transmitted by a third party. Thus, a reference given directly by a former employer to a prospective employer, describing his own personal experience with an individual is not forbidden by this act. Both the courts and the Federal Trade Commission, which has responsibility for the administrative enforcement of the statute, have attempted to clarify specific kinds of reports to which the FCRA applies, often with confusing or contradictory results. Therefore, this law does not do what it is made to do. Because the limits in the FCRA are unclear and because the legislative history suggests that Congress intended a broad rather than a restrictive interpretation, these laws are ineffective. The government needs to set more restrictions that are more precise in what they say. There should not be opinions on what the laws mean because that leads to mass confusion and different interpretations of laws. Thus, privacy is very cherished by many people, and invasion of privacy only leads to problems. Everyone should have his or her own right to privacy and protection of personal information. It is not moral or acceptable to sell private information or conversations. People should be able to use their cellular or cordless phones, credit cards, and any other new technology without the fear of someone eavesdropping or stealing and selling their personal information, conversations, or credit records. This is a problem that the government needs to take care of and take care of it sufficiently. The government needs to make laws that are more detailed and say exactly what they mean, and not leave it up to the opinion of the enforcer. The government should fix and create laws to protect citizens, but so they maintain their conveniences of phones, radio, and credit cards. enforce the laws
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Fourth Amendment, Theprivacy Act, Trade Commission, , Act FCRA, Act ECPA, Security Agency, Supreme Court, credit cards, President Reagan, personal information, information conversations, credit records, information collected, credit reports, data law, personal data, fourth amendment, credit bureaus,
Approximate Word count = 1349
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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