By Harry Henderson
Presents readers with info had to outline, comprehend, and learn the problem of privateness. This booklet serves as a reference source and helpful examine advisor to aid these drawn to concerns concerning privateness within the info age, together with policymakers, directors, and lawyers, in addition to academics, scholars, and oldsters.
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A month later he receives mail from a drug company touting their cancer treatment drug. An employer searches employees’ pharmacy records looking for expensive prescriptions that might indicate fraud or drug abuse. He finds that someone has a prescription for Retrovir, a drug used only to treat AIDS. A woman’s genetic testing reveals that she has a gene that indicates a high risk of her developing breast cancer. What happens if the test results are seen by her insurer? Her employer? Employers provide most private health care and thus have a strong incentive to reduce what seem to be spiraling medical costs.
Johnnie Thomas” was on the watch list because a 28-year-old “FBI Most Wanted” man, Christian Michael Longo, used that name as an alias. But Longo was arrested two days after joining the “Most Wanted” list for murdering his family. 50 Nevertheless, few people believe there is something inherently wrong with having to show ID before entering a sensitive area such as an airport. Ken Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation points out that: “The Fourth Amendment forbids not searches that you don’t like, it forbids unreasonable searches.
61 43 Privacy in the Information Age PROSPECTS AND ALTERNATIVES The growing sophistication and pervasiveness of identification, surveillance, and tracking systems may suggest that the effort to preserve privacy is doomed to failure in the long run. However, there are a number of tools and technologies that may prove helpful for privacy protection. But how do Americans feel about their alternatives? PRIVACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY One important strategy to protect privacy is to enhance the ability of people to know what the government is up to.