Technological advances have created a new existence, providing an unforeseen level of interaction and transaction between parties that have never physically met. Preliminary thinking was that these advances would create a previously unimaginable level of privacy and anonymity. While a surface examination suggests an abundance of privacy in modern society, a more thorough examination reveals different results. Advances in technology and changes in public policy have produced a world in which a startling amount of information is available regarding a given individual. Rather than experiencing an increase in individual privacy, modern societies suffer from rapidly decreasing individual privacy.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Electronic surveillance--Social aspects; Privacy, Right of--Effect of technological innovations on; Technological innovations--Government policy; Cyberspace--Social aspects; Data protection
Department, Program, or Center
Information Sciences and Technologies (GCCIS)
Sanders, Aaron D., "Public Policy and Technology: Advancing Civilization at the Expense of Individual Privacy" (2006). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
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