Research Paper-Privacy

Advances in technology and new emerging technology have caused many privacy advocate groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, to start voicing real concerns about privacy.(no your not paranoid p. 512) Powerful surveillance equipment such as face recognition software and programs used by website owners to monitor where people go on their websites, have caused much controversy.(The Issues p. 509) Also newer technology like genetic information, which has no real laws safeguarding it’s …showed first 75 words of 558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 558 total…encroachment of Internet user’s rights has come in the form of so called “cookies”. These, though common in the internet is in fact understood by few. These little “programs” can track a person’s activity on the site from what they read to the amount of time they spend at the site. It also allows for the site to learn about the site you came from along with information about your ISP. (Background p. 964)