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  • Essay / Destruction of Privacy, by Alan Westin - 2082

    Destruction of PrivacyThe phrase that says “technology has made privacy a relic of the past” says that in the new technological world, cyberspace, we no longer have our own privacy. confidentiality. Alan Westin defines privacy as follows: “Privacy is the claim of individuals, groups or institutions to determine for themselves when, how and to what extent information about them is communicated to others. » [2]. When you enter the world we live in today, we no longer just have the Old World look. We are born in this New World most of the time. In this New World, all our actions are presented to the world for everyone to see easily. We can no longer do things without the whole world knowing. As an example, in the Old World, at the age of 15, we could sit on a park bench and crack open an ice-cold beer to drink with a friend. This would pose no problem and would not cause any harm to anyone or anything. If you were caught on this occasion drinking before the age of 21, it would be a breach of the law. You probably wouldn't get in trouble at all, and if you did, it would be nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a report to your parents. If this kind of thing were to happen today in the New World, the outcome would have been completely different. In this New World, the intimacy of a 15-year-old receiving a slap on the wrist for drinking a can of beer is now transformed into an entire community which is informed about it through newspapers, television news, Internet and police information readily available. reports, and even the community around you is talking about it on all social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. So, simply moving from the Old World to the New World, a 15 year old drinking a can of beer turned into sl... ... middle of paper ...... become a law so that measures can be taken against people who violate the privacy of others. Citizens should have the opportunity to protect their privacy. Finally, if we give people the ability to protect their privacy, they need to be informed about it. If we put laws and regulations in place to protect everyone's privacy, it won't make a difference if they don't realize that when they allow apps to track their location, their privacy laws all go away. . When people post all sorts of personal information online for everyone to see, then they need to realize that they themselves are responsible for destroying their privacy. We need to start teaching everyone about the New World, cyberspace and the suggested precautions they should take to protect themselves and their privacy in this New World..