Privacy issues arise from the ability of information technology to collect, store, and retrieve personal data from individuals. The document discusses various ways private information can be revealed online, such as through internet service providers, email, discussion groups, internet browsers which can save browsing history and passwords, search engines which track search terms, and social networks. Potential threats to privacy include computer monitoring, matching of unauthorized personal files, cookies, web bugs, third party cookies, and cybercrimes like phishing, pharming, and spyware. The document provides solutions to protect online privacy such as using cookie controls, anti-virus software, firewalls, encryption tools, and the Platform for Privacy Preferences.

1. Privacy Issues and Internet Privacy By, Vinyas S

2. Information technology -> Collects, stores, integrates and retrieves data and information Store and Retrieve information!!! -> a Negative impact on right to Privacy??? Introduction

3. The ability of an individual or group to secluded themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal it selectively A personal, subjective condition. One person cannot decide for another what his or her sense of privacy should be Privacy is sometimes related to anonymity, the wish to remain unnoticed or unidentified in the public What Is Privacy? 6/9/2011 3

4. Violation of Privacy Computer Monitoring Computer Matching Unauthorized Personal Files Eg. for Privacy Issues

5. How our Personal Information Gets Revealed 6/9/2011 5

7. Internet Service Providers (ISP) always know your IP address and the IP address to which you are communicating ISPs are capable of observing unencrypted data passing between you and the Internet, but not properly-encrypted data They are usually prevented to do so due to social pressure and law. By ISP 6/9/2011 7

8. May be inappropriately spread by the original receiver May be intercepted May be legally viewed or disclosed by service providers or authorities By Email 6/9/2011 8

9. Any member of the list or group could collect and distribute your Email address and information you post By Discussion groups 6/9/2011 9

10. Most web browsers can save some forms of personal data, such as browsing history, cookies, web form entries and password You may accidentally reveal such information when using a browser on a public computer or someone else's. By Internet Browsers 6/9/2011 10

11. Cookies are data packets sent by a server to a web client and then sent back unchanged by the client each time it accesses that server Cookies are used for authenticating, session tracking and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or the contents of their electronic shopping carts Cookies are only data, not programs nor viruses What are cookies? 6/9/2011 11

12. A Sample of Cookie 6/9/2011 12 -->If you type JavaScript:alert(document.cookie)into the address bar, when logged onto a site, it is possible to see the cookies which have been set from that domain.

13. Search engines have and use the ability to track each one of your searches (e.g. ,IP address, search terms, time) By Search Engine 6/9/2011 13

14. “August, 7, 2006, AOL apologized for releasing search log data on subscribers that had been intended for use with the company's newly launched research site. Almost 2 weeks before that, AOL had quietly released roughly 20 million search records from 658,000 users on their new AOL Research site. The data includes a number assigned to the anonymous user, the search term, the date and time of the search, and the website visited as a result of the search.” What search engines did? 6/9/2011 14

15. Web bugs: -> A graphic (in a Web site or a graphic- enabled email) that can confirm when the message or Web page is viewed and record the IP address of the viewer Third party cookies: -> Comes from web page may contain images or advertisements By indirect Marketing 6/9/2011 15

16. Employers and school officials are increasingly sensitive to the messages you convey in social networks By Social Networks, Blog & Personal Websites 6/9/2011 16

17. Want to be a hacker? 6/9/2011 17

18. By Cybercrime Spywaretakes advantage of security holes by attacking the browser and forcing it to be downloaded and installed and gather your information without your knowledge Phishingoccurs when a criminal lures the victim into providing financial or personal data Pharmingoccurs when criminals plant programs in the victim’s computer which re-direct the victim from legitimate Web sites to scam look-alike sites 18 6/9/2011

19. Solutions to Protect Online Privacy 19 6/9/2011

20. Cookie Controls 20 6/9/2011

21. Other Technical Resorts Anti-virus software Firewalls Encryption tools 21 6/9/2011

22. The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) A protocol allowing websites to declare their intended use of information they collect about browsing users and allow users to configure their browsers or other software tools in such a way that they are notified whether web site privacy policies match their pre-set preferences 22 6/9/2011

23. The Only Two Absolute Choices Avoid yourself from the Internet 1) Raise awareness of privacy 2) Learn to safeguard your privacy with a minimum sacrifice of convenience 23 6/9/2011

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