The Value of Digital Privacy in an Information Technology Age

The Value of Digital Privacy in an Information Technology Age

Myrna L. Hunt-Young

In Partial fulfillment of LEG 500

Professor Geronda Carter

10/31/2012

List and describe at least three (3) technologies that allow an individual to research citizens’ private data.

There are a number of technologies on the internet, which allow any individual to research a citizens’ private data. Some of the sites you have to pay for the information and others are free. I found the following three People Finders, Facebook, and LinkedIn to name a few.

People Finders is a name of an internet site that provides citizens private data. People Finders is an internet site that allows you to enter in a person’s name and perform a search. Once the search has completed you are able to view a number of people with the same name. In this site you can select a person’s name, pay a fee, then you can access more information about the person you selected. You are given their name, addresses over the past years (and states), age, relatives, and other information.

Another internet site that provides a citizens’ private data is Facebook. Facebook is an online social internet site that started in February 2004. This site gathers information about the user with different free and paid for applications. Companies use these applications to market their products by advertisements to the user. People use this site to find friends from the past along with new friends. If you select a person you can ‘friend’ them. If the person you ‘friended’ accepts your invitation, you can see their pictures, where they work, among other personal and professional information.

An additional technology internet site that provides a citizens’ private and professional data is LinkedIn. LinkedIn assist people to connect with other people within the same business or working field. If you have an interview with a company, you can look up the people that work...