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Abstract | ||
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Because of the essential nature of information in the affairs of society, governments, and institutions, computer- and communications-based systems are creating new aspects of personal privacy threats. Because people and organizations will tend to carry forward established expectations derived from old systems and their characteristics to new systems and their procedures, it can be expected that new privacy threats will frequently not be perceived, (e.g. the transition from physical mail to electronic mail). Moreover, things which are not a privacy threat in the small (e.g. a single telephone number) can pose threats in the large (e.g. a year's worth of telephone billings). The networking of information systems will tend to aggregate information invisibly and create privacy threats (e.g. automatic check verification information blended with financial transaction information). Matching of computer files and the diversification of established industries (e.g. banks providing general accounting services to small business) also will create new dimensions of privacy. The future world will be so tightly stitched together by its information threads that a combination of approaches to protecting privacy will be essential. Technical security safeguards can contribute; privacy laws will surely afford protections. But for some situations, perhaps many, the individual will have to take care of himself. To do so, he will have to be well-informed about information systems and their impact on himself; and he must have a legal standing to recover damages and compel remedial actions by offending organizations. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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1986 | 10.1016/0167-4048(86)90132-X | Computers and Security |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
emergent privacy issues,privacy,privacy threats,privacy expectations,privacy protections,emerging privacy issue | Information system,Internet privacy,Information privacy law,Privacy by Design,Computer science,Computer security,Privacy policy,Information privacy,Telephone number,Privacy software,Privacy laws of the United States | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
5 | 2 | Computers & Security |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
1 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Willis H. Ware | 1 | 59 | 68.72 |