Changing Privacy Concerns in the Internet Era.

Privacy has always been a respected value regardless of national borders, cultural differences, and time in every society throughout history. This study focuses on the unprecedented changes in the traditional forms of privacy and consequent concerns with regard to invasion of privacy along with the recent emergence and wide use of the Internet. Government intrusion into private domains through the Internet is examined as a major concern. Privacy invasions by Web marketers, hacker threats against privacy, and employer invasion of employee privacy at the workplace are discussed respectively. Then a set of possible solutions to solve the current problems and alleviate the concerns in this field is offered. Legal remedies that need to be performed by the government are presented as the initial solution. Then encryption is introduced as a strong technical method that may be helpful. Finally, a set of individual measures emphasized as complementary practical necessities. Nevertheless, this study indicates that technology will keep making further changes in the form and concerns of privacy that possibly may outdate these findings in the near future, however, privacy itself will always remain as a cherished social value as it has always been so far.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Demir, Irfan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fritsch, Eric J.
• Caeti, Tory J.
• Loper, D. Kall

• Privacy, Right of.
• Internet -- Security measures.
• Computer security.
• privacy
• online
• Internet
• data protection
• privacy concerns
• web marketers

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Demir, Irfan
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50567175
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3187/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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