Ji Yeon Chu, Lindsey Fong, Jonathan Bender, Yi Low, and Umang Patel

Impact for Internet Users  The internet began as a project of the US Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA)  It was called the ARPANET  Linked computers and networks owned by the military and schools who carried out defense research

Impact for Internet Users  Technological changes over the years Connectivity Data collection and storage Computational power Advances in sensor technology  Societal Trends Globalization Social networking Electronic communication Mobility

Impact for Internet Users Health History Credit Card History Marital History Education Employment History Details of Phone Calls Magazine Subscriptions Travel History Books Bought Cash Withdrawal s PURCHASES Websites Visited

Impact for Internet Users  Google- first company to implement expiration date for collected data  Google & Microsoft- 18 months  Yahoo & AOL- 13 months  Ask.com- option to prevent recording IP - The Washington Post (Sept 15, 2007)

Impact for Internet Users  “Google’s cookies don’t expire until 2038”  Search queries are windows into our souls  Gmail users- every  Google Maps, Google Book Search, Google Earth, Google Scholar, Talk, Images, Video, Calendar, Reader, News - motherjones.com

Computer Privacy  When a computer accesses a webpage, logs into a site, or searches a term in an engine like Google, it is stored on the computer and often elsewhere (your ISP or Google)  That information can then be retrieved at any time by someone searching for it  It is very difficult to navigate the internet today without leaving a footprint somewhere that someone could find

Issues  The revelation of some information is necessary, but how much is required? Some companies track the sites their customers go to as well as their search histories and sell that information to advertisers  Cookies allow for users to keep site settings whenever they return to a particular site Cookies can also track which sites a user goes to, which can also be sold to advertisers for targeted ads

Specific Cases Google Searching - In 2006, a hacker was found guilty after evidence was found that he had used Google Search in order to learn how to make a device that would interfere with wireless networks. - Court did not specify how the FBI found this information, but it has been known that Google gives access to search terms to law enforcement.

More Specific Cases US v Zeigler - In 2006, Zeigler argued that he had privacy on his own work computer which contained child pornography. - The court decided that the employer can overrule and give consent to a government search that does not violate the Forth Ammendment. State v Reid - Reid changed her employer’s password and shipping information on an online site. - This prompted the state of New Jersey to set more privacy rights than the federal courts set.

Protection  Safe browsing Cookies/cache/authentication Encryption  Spyware/adware/malware  Phishing  Social networks  Know who you’re dealing with