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Web site Privacy a Growing Problem
Web site privacy is a serious problem, our interests and purchasing habits are made public every time we visit a commercial website. It is increasingly difficult for our culture to protect our privacy, identity, and intimacy with the introduction of the internet which created a stronger global environment. Internet privacy regulations are limited in the private sector which creates its own guidelines through trade associations i. ...
Personal registration and cookies have become more common on the Web at the same time that problems with these practices are being noted as a possible invasion of privacy.
The real problem, according to Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired Magazine, ¡°We think that privacy is about information, but it¡¯s not, it¡¯s about relationships. ... The real problem with website privacy is that we do not know who knows about us.
Disadvantages of using personal information in web sites:
According to TRUSTe survey:
-41% of users would quit a web page rather than reveal any personal information
-25% of all users use falsified information when registering personal information
The TRUSTe survey revels the gathering of personal information as inaccurate and questionable data
-Often a cookie will contain your name, your bank, your stockbroker, and even your account numbers, this information is not secure, web site owners can search your personal data
-Personal information exchanged by Web sites of organizations, small businesses, NGOs, and government, is a real concern because personal and organizational information collected could potentially end up in the wrong hands and create a liability.
Approximate Word count = 1151
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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