privacy and anonymity and information network technologies
We might assume that nothing new could be said about the issue ofprivacy behond the basic notion that it is something secluded from the inclusion of others, a virtue and right that every citizen of a democratic society might possess. However, if that were actually the case then we would not see our culture involved in debates about the issues regarding privacy and anonymity as they relate to new information The primary reason for such concerns is that information has become a commodity in what we have come to know as the 'information age'. With the advent of new technologies; particularly that of the Internet this information can be sold and exchanged quite easily. Before the use of widespread computer technologies, our personal information had no real value beyond its immediate transaction. When data and information was provided by a citizen or consumer it had no secondary reuse. However, due to advances in technology and data retrieval systems and transactions, information has been given commercial value, especially with regards to the issue of who owns and controls this information. The information age has been a period that has allowed rights to privacy
right to privacy an anonymity is a necessity, a basic natural right, by network systems will sink back to being a debated and contested sensitive information about a future employee's medical histories, information is stored who may legally claim access to it. information technologies and specificallly the Internet; accessiblity eighties made it possible to store and retrieve large amounts of
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