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During the past decade, our society has become immersed in a debate about the role of electronic surveillance in our democracy. Revolutionary changes in our communications infrastructure, brought about by the amazing growth of the Internet and the ever-increasing digitization of information, pose unprecedented threats to personal security and privacy. An increasing amount of sensitive information is now circulating in electronic form, including electronic mail (E-mail), FAX messages, telephone conversations, fund transfers, trade secrets and health records. The same technological advances that have brought enormous benefits to humankind, but also make us more vulnerable to unwanted and potentially dangerous snooping. No Doubt, we are in the midst of the most unsettling period in the technological revolution. For many the technology itself is unfamiliar and frightening, but most importantly, the privacy problems posed are so different from those that have come before, there is no framework to deal with them. Technology is fast. The law, whether formed in tiny increments by individual cases or by the cumbersome legislative process, is slow. As a result, there is simply no comprehensive body of law established to deal with all
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Approximate Word count = 1614
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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