Answering the Call for Privacy

The need for privacy can be understood, even though its definition sometimes eludes us. More and more, privacy affects how we do business. It used to be that being vigilant about taking the credit card carbons after making a purchase was enough. Now there is almost a fear about using online technology that was to be a boon to the way we live our lives. This fear is affecting online business in a negative way. If you saw the movies Enemy of the State or Minority Report, you probably noticed a lot of cool technology that would be great to share among family and friends. However, having those advanced technologies without safeguards in place could put us in more of an Orwellian society than an age of infinite possibilities. ...

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