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Running Head : PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE IN IT

Privacy and Surveillance in IT

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Privacy and Surveillance in IT

The development in Information Technology (IT ) plays an important role in the greater interaction and communication of people in various parts of the globe . During the process of communication , the exchange of personal information could not be prevented among people . However , this kind of activity also threaten the privacy of people because the emergence of the Internet and other technological tools

have made it possible to have easy access to information even the ones that are consider as private . Being the case , it is important that privacy and surveillance in IT is given due attention

Privacy is defined as . the interest that individuals have in sustaining a personal space , free from interference by other people and organizations (Clarke , 1999 . Nevertheless , according to Brock Meeks (1999 ) the privacy of people during this information age is being eaten away ' and is already dead because of the various means that could be used in to infringe upon it . Cyberspace is invading the privacy of individuals and this could be seen through spam , cookies , and the clickstream . However , there are also invasion of privacy that could be detrimental to the security of a person like the real-time person-location technologies (Clarke , 1999 . Furthermore , ethical issues have also emerged in the exchange of information and communication of people especially in the workplace . Employees are expecting their privacy...