Threats to Privacy
Even with the adoption of legal and other protections, individuals, businesses, and governments continue to invade consumer privacy, through both legal and illegal means. The illegal aspect of privacy invasion is easy to understand. A hacker who breaks into a company and steals credit card information has blatantly stolen personal information. But the scenario in which a marketing company sells all your personal information to anyone with money breaks no laws, but the result is the same—your personal data is compromised. In many countries, laws have not kept up with the technology, so technology has created significant gaps in protection for consumers. More functionality with the use of technology such as e-mail, Web surfing, ...
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