Personal Privacy, Online Anonymity, Data Collection, Information Sharing and Improving Society
Personal Privacy, Online Anonymity, Data Collection, Information Sharing and Improving Society
Decreasing anonymity online and the increase of data collection and information sharing improves 21st-century life. Decreased anonymity makes people more responsible and accountable for their actions online, lessening the likelihood for crimes such as fraud, identity theft, and sexual offenses by pedophiles.
Although some will say data collection and sharing by corporations decreases our quality of life, such can be prevented by citizen activism and legislation that enables people to opt out (as with telemarketing call lists). Personal privacy has been "at the heart of democracy from its inception" (Obama 3). The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights provides "consumers clear guidance on what they should expect from those who handle their personal information, and sets expectations for companies that use personal data," while enabling "consumer protection enforcement agencies" to implement enforceable codes of conduct (3).
Increased data collection helps law enforcement arrest criminals. The U.S. Post Office logs all mail for law enforcement (Youngman Lecture 8B, p.4). This year in Florida when a teenager made a prank post on Facebook threatening to kill the President, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) promptly arrested the young man. Previous school shooters often made their intentions public online via social media before they ever committed acts of murder. Monitoring social media and online communications by law enforcement therefore can prevent such catastrophes and save lives.
Online dating sites where pseudonyms are often used to protect identities (Acquisti 17), facial recognition software can reveal when a married person using the dating site is lying about being single. Decreasing anonymity therefore will help save marriages, keep families in tact, prevent singles from being lied to by cheaters, and alert ladies to sex offenders trying to communicate with them.
Facebook has provided a means to reconnect disconnected Americans and increase social capital, which Harvard's Robert Putnam argued was plummeting (Youngman, Lecture 8A, p.5). Tom Standage, author of The Victorian Internet, says online interaction affords us participation as if we were sitting together sharing stories, jokes and gossip (Youngman 8A, p.8).
Decreased anonymity will ensure people remain more congruent and accountable for what they click, like, share and write online. Small business owners will no longer be able to anonymously post negative online comments about their competitor's products and services.
Today increased data collection and decreased anonymity improves human behavior publicly and privately, as our online persona and reputation can quickly be altered when an image of who we truly are is released on social media.
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SOURCES:
Alessandro Acquisti, Ralph Gross, Fred Stutzman - Faces of Facebook: Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, p.17.
Barack Obama, CONSUMER DATA PRIVACY IN A NETWORKED WORLD, The White House, February 23, 2012, p.3.
Owen R. Youngman, Understanding Media by Understanding Google, Lecture 8A: The Social Google, p.5,8.
Owen R. Youngman, Understanding Media by Understanding Google, Lecture 8B: The Private, The Public, The Politic(s), p.4.
Personal Privacy, Online Anonymity, Data Collection, Information Sharing and Improving Society
Decreasing anonymity online and the increase of data collection and information sharing improves 21st-century life. Decreased anonymity makes people more responsible and accountable for their actions online, lessening the likelihood for crimes such as fraud, identity theft, and sexual offenses by pedophiles.
Although some will say data collection and sharing by corporations decreases our quality of life, such can be prevented by citizen activism and legislation that enables people to opt out (as with telemarketing call lists). Personal privacy has been "at the heart of democracy from its inception" (Obama 3). The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights provides "consumers clear guidance on what they should expect from those who handle their personal information, and sets expectations for companies that use personal data," while enabling "consumer protection enforcement agencies" to implement enforceable codes of conduct (3).
Increased data collection helps law enforcement arrest criminals. The U.S. Post Office logs all mail for law enforcement (Youngman Lecture 8B, p.4). This year in Florida when a teenager made a prank post on Facebook threatening to kill the President, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) promptly arrested the young man. Previous school shooters often made their intentions public online via social media before they ever committed acts of murder. Monitoring social media and online communications by law enforcement therefore can prevent such catastrophes and save lives.
Online dating sites where pseudonyms are often used to protect identities (Acquisti 17), facial recognition software can reveal when a married person using the dating site is lying about being single. Decreasing anonymity therefore will help save marriages, keep families in tact, prevent singles from being lied to by cheaters, and alert ladies to sex offenders trying to communicate with them.
Facebook has provided a means to reconnect disconnected Americans and increase social capital, which Harvard's Robert Putnam argued was plummeting (Youngman, Lecture 8A, p.5). Tom Standage, author of The Victorian Internet, says online interaction affords us participation as if we were sitting together sharing stories, jokes and gossip (Youngman 8A, p.8).
Decreased anonymity will ensure people remain more congruent and accountable for what they click, like, share and write online. Small business owners will no longer be able to anonymously post negative online comments about their competitor's products and services.
Today increased data collection and decreased anonymity improves human behavior publicly and privately, as our online persona and reputation can quickly be altered when an image of who we truly are is released on social media.
Paul F. Davis is a Worldwide Motivational Speaker, Global Business Consultant, Author of more than 20 books and Life Coach who has touched 70 countries serving the U.S. Military, Multinational Companies, the Travel Industry and Universities.
Paul's books - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
RevivingNations @yahoo.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope... - online bio
http://www.PaulFDavis
http://www.Twitter.com/PaulFDavis
Earn 20% commissions on all paid speaking engagements, consulting, and life-coaching Paul obtains through your referral and recommendation.
SOURCES:
Alessandro Acquisti, Ralph Gross, Fred Stutzman - Faces of Facebook: Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, p.17.
Barack Obama, CONSUMER DATA PRIVACY IN A NETWORKED WORLD, The White House, February 23, 2012, p.3.
Owen R. Youngman, Understanding Media by Understanding Google, Lecture 8A: The Social Google, p.5,8.
Owen R. Youngman, Understanding Media by Understanding Google, Lecture 8B: The Private, The Public, The Politic(s), p.4.
Personal Privacy, Online Anonymity, Data Collection, Information Sharing and Improving Society
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