Internet Privacy

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the concerns regarding the protection and confidentiality of personal data on the Internet. The paper also discusses how the Internet has become a depository for our most private thoughts and information and this allows others to invade our privacy. The paper warns that we must do everything to protect this modern wonder of technology, lest we end up like the characters living in Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" who lived in utopia but had to surrender their free will and privacy.

From the Paper:

"The term Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are words that not only are familiar to people all over the globe but their technology is ubiquitous. Aside from the availability of the Internet, several spin-off technologies have been possible such as mobile Internet service via the mobile telephone, PDA or even "netbooks" - those subnotebooks that are small-sized, low-cost and lightweight optimized for mobile Internet access and core computing functions. No doubt, it is difficult to do day-to-day personal chores nor business transactions without relying on the power of the Internet. Personal communications between relatives, family and friends are made possible at the touch of a button, and can be done regularly via emails, chat or even web cameras. Business and industry are not left behind considering strategic, tactical and operational processes have been automated, which helped commerce streamline operations. Indeed, a whole way of life for today's generation has been changed because of the Internet."

Sample of Sources Used:

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