In: Computer Science
What are the major issues concerning privacy in the information age? Could you identify at least two situations where we notice privacy invasion? Is there any remedy to the privacy invasion in the modern information age?
The issues concerning privacy are of various types, however, it is helpful to focus on just four. These may be summarized by means of an acronym --
PAPA.
P
Privacy: What information about one's self or one's associations must a person reveal to
others, under what conditions and with what safeguards? What things can people keep to
themselves and not be forced to reveal to others?
A
Accuracy: Who is responsible for the authenticity, fidelity and accuracy of information?
Similarly, who is to be held accountable for errors in information and how is the injured party
to be made whole?
P
Property: Who owns information? What are the just and fair prices for its exchange? Who
owns the channels, especially the airways, through which information is transmitted? How
should access to this scarce resource be allocated?
A
Accessibility: What information does a person or an organization have a right or a privilege to
obtain, under what conditions and with what safeguards?
The common types of privacy invasion situations are:
Some of the Remedy to the privacy invasion in this Digital Age are as follows:
1.)Limit the personal information you share on social media
2.)Browse in incognito or private mode
3.)Use a different search engine
4.)Use a virtual private network
5.)Be careful where you click
6.)Use quality antivirus software