Issues Around the Protection or Revelation of Personal Information |
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| Authors: | Daniel Hillyard Mark Gauen |
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| Institution: | (1) Crime Studies Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, P.O. Box 4504, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA;(2) Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA |
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| Abstract: | Privacy watchdog groups have criticized the privacy policies and practices of internet service providers and search engine
companies like AOL, Google, and Microsoft. AOL’s decision to upload users’ search query records to the internet drew intense
criticism when it was shown that minor sleuthing could decipher some users’ private identities. We draw upon this and similar
incidents to demonstrate various personal borders that are crossed by such revelations. We maintain that policy discussions
are enhanced by multidimensional conceptualizations of privacy. We agree that many analyses of technology and privacy overlook
the upsides of technological change; however, we think it is not more valid to understate privacy implications.
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| Keywords: | AOL Privacy Cookie ID |
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