1. Privacy Understanding risks & problems is a 1st step toward protecting privacy.

2. 3 Key Aspects to Privacy (pg 45) Freedom from intrusion Control of info about oneself Freedom from surveillance

3. Privacy Threats (pg 46) International, institutional uses Unauthorized use or release by “insiders” Theft of info Inadvertent leakage of info through negligence or carelessness Our own actions (trade-offs or unaware)

4. New Technology = New Risks Speed, storage space, connectivity = collection, searching, analysis, storage, access & distribution of huge amounts of info & images much easier, cheaper & faster

5. Things We Do (pgs 47-48) Patients refill prescriptions and check results of medical tests on the Web Patients correspond with doctors by email We store our photos & videos online We fill out our tax returns on the Web We store documents and financial spreadsheets on the Web Teenagers & college students put the facts of their lives on social networking sites

6. Did you know… (pgs 49-50) Anything you do online is recorded Huge amounts of data are saved Leaks happen A collection of many small items can give a fairly detailed picture of a person’s life Re-identification is easy The government can get personal data Information on public web sites will be seen Data on the Internet lasts forever Secondary uses Some info about ourselves we cannot always protect

7. Some Terminology Re-identification Invisible information gathering Cookies Secondary uses Data mining Computer matching Computer profiling Opt-out & opt-in

8. Government Databases Tax records Medical records Marriage and divorce records Property ownership Welfare records School records Motor vehicle records Voter registration records Books checked out of public libraries People with permits to carry firearms Applications for government grant and loan programs Professional and trade licenses Bankruptcy records Arrest records

9. Video Surveillance Super Bowl in Tampa, FL 2001 Neighborhood in Tampa, FL Great Britain

10. How Your Name Gets On the Lists When you buy something (supermarket loyalty cards) Enter a contest or sweepstakes Fill out a warranty or registration card Change of address form at the Post Office Phone books and reverse directories Public records Charities and non-profits Catalogues and mail orders Credit bureaus

11. Credit Records Experian, Equifax, Trans-Union And Innovis (if you own an home, or are selling or buying a home)

12. RFID Benefits & risks Veri-chip video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2udoNmQkR4

13. Location Tracking providing information about nearby restaurants, nearest ATM, hospital, or dry cleaners, based on the location of your cell phone or laptop navigation aids for blind people on foot locating a stolen vehicle; navigation systems for cars (some can check traffic reports and suggest alternate routes) alerting you (by cell phone) if any of your friends are nearby providing a person’s location immediately when 911 is called locating people after an earthquake or bombing tracking children on a school outing at a park or museum

14. Lost & Stolen Data By: Hacking into computer systems Stealing computers & disks Pre-texting (example pg 89) Bribing employees of companies that store data Shady information brokers that sell data Spyware Figure 2.5 page 87 - long list of lost & stolen data - pretty scary how unprotected our data really is

15. Children Child molesters use the Web to find children; social networking sites popular MySpace transcript