Internet Privacy and Monitoring

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the debate over the level of privacy a person should benefit from on the Internet, and to what extent authorities should be able to control and monitor the private lives of the individuals that decided to use the Internet world wide. The paper discusses both side of the debate and concludes that the threats that face today's society indirectly demand for a closer surveillance of the activities taking place in the society.

From the Paper:

"Despite these worrying effect, there is an aspect that draws the attention of internet users and which is constantly invoked by those arguing against the internet as a global network for communication. In the light of the perspective terrorism has created related to the national security strategy, the internet represents one of the means of communication most watched over by the governments and its agencies. In this sense, internet privacy represents a challenge indeed."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Givens, Beth. The Emperor's New Clothes: Privacy on the Internet in 1999. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. 1999. 15 June 2007 <http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/emperor.htm>
• Jones, Jennifer, and McCarthy, Jack. Government ponders Internet privacy issues. Infoworld. 2007. 15 June 2007 <http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/02/21/000221hnprivacy.html>
• Macura, Katarzyna J. "Communicating on the Internet." Radiological Society of North America. 2007. 15 June 2007 <http://www.rsna.org/Technology/internet3-1.cfm>
• Public Records on the Internet: The Privacy Dilemma. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. 2006. 15 June 2007 <http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/onlinepubrecs.htm>
• Slater, Derek. FBI's abuse of Patriot Act even worse than we thought. Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2007. 15 June 2007 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005314.php>

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