Personal View of Privacy Issue
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Have you ever met someone who is so open about everything that he or she exemplifies that old saying "My life is an open book." I was not brought up that way. Personal things remain persona, almost secretive. I actually know very little about my parents' background, except what they want to share. We kids were taught never to ask "personal question." Of course, chat rooms on the internet give people a certain amount of freedom to talk about themselves- fact or fiction- with the understanding that few people, if any, actually know who the person is behind the screen name. Unfortunately, while chatting in one of these chat rooms, I had a rather lengthy conversation with someone, anonymously, of course. I let down my hair about a failed relationship. I was pretty darn specific. What I did wrong. Where he failed me. How lonely I was without someone steady that might take me away from the serious business of classes and study. It was a way to let go. I figured nobody knew who was saying those things and really letting the emotional dam burst. The next day, during lunch break, I was sitting alone at a table in the student cafeteria when someone I knew from a few of my classes sat down. We had a friendly, but not "close" relationship. But, now she stared at me! "You're__________!" She blurted out my screen name. I stared at her for a moment. "How did you---"I felt embarrassed. "Oh, it's really very simple. I got curious who I was talking to, so I got into the AOL datab
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individuals- private individuals. We are now numbers. Our banks know us by account numbers. School knows us by ID numbers. Professors know us by numbers on their seating charts. Employers know us by our social security numbers. The DMV knows us by license or registration numbers. We are nameless numbers to authorities.
There are some laws now being passed to restrict information about us to people who shouldn't have it: "California law that requires companies to notify California residents in cases of unencrypted data theft or loss. This law is the reason so many companies have revealed breaches" (Stafford 103).
While the government, since 9/11 has the Patriot Act which reduces certain privacy in the name of anti-Terrorism, identity theft (far beyond sharing an emotional secret online) is a major problem. "Identity theft would not exist without the blind eye of the banking industry--which churns out millions of unwanted, but easily stolen, pre-approved credit offers every day--and the shamefully inadequate procedures of the credit-reporting industry" (Fishman 10). Banks, government, school, credit card companies, fellow students- my life is now an open book!
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Fishman, James B. "M
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Approximate Word count = 1285
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)
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