No Privacy
Each time someone uses the ATM, visits the doctor, uses a credit card, chats on the internet, or even makes a phone call, they are leaving electronic fingerprints. Nearly every quantifiable aspect of a person’s life finds its way into a data bank some where. This information is sometimes studied, other times it is ignored completely, and yet other times collected and sold. It may perhaps be sold again, probably without the knowledge of that person. Privacy is becoming a great concern as technology and the continued expansion of the Internet threatens our ability to keep secrets. Privacy is one of our most cherished aspects of our lives. Although this is a great burden to many people, it is not always reflected in their behavior. We regularly trade off privacy for security and convenience. We depend of out credit cards, take comfort in security cameras, and use cellular phones. Each of these electronic advances can create more ways for business, government, or malicious individuals to get personal information. Technology has outpaced the law. There are not nearly enough privacy-related statutes and regulations as one would have thought, and even those rules may be shady in their protections. The government should fix or
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Fourth Amendment, Theprivacy Act, Trade Commission, , Act FCRA, Act ECPA, Security Agency, Supreme Court, credit cards, President Reagan, personal information, information conversations, credit records, information collected, credit reports, data law, personal data, fourth amendment, credit bureaus,
Approximate Word count = 1349
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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