QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING

Read “The End of Privacy” and answer the following questions.

  1. If you use social-networking Web sites such as Facebook, in what ways do you select, edit, or otherwise control the information you put online? Do you consider yourself a member of what Solove calls “Generation Google” (paragraph 7)? With what consequences?

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    Chapter 9 - QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING: If you use social-networking Web sites such as Facebook, in what ways do you select, edit, or otherwise control the information you put online? Do you consider yourself a member of what Solove calls “Generation Google” (paragraph 7)? With what consequences?
  2. Do you or people you know well (family members, friends) believe that others know a great deal more about you than you’ve told them or you want them to know? How do you know what others know about you: your credit rating? Your medical history? Your genetic makeup? Your criminal record? What are some of the major consequences of dissemination of such personal information over the Internet, which might pertain to your ability to obtain health insurance or personalized medicine, or conduct personal relationships? Does Solove suggest ways in which a private individual can control access to such information, particularly if “many fragments of personal information will reside on the Internet forever, accessible to this and future generations through a simple Google search” (paragraph 7)?

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    Chapter 9 - QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING: Do you or people you know well (family members, friends) believe that others know a great deal more about you than you’ve told them or you want them to know? How do you know what others know about you: your credit rating? Your medical history? Your genetic makeup? Your criminal record? What are some of the major consequences of dissemination of such personal information over the Internet, which might pertain to your ability to obtain health insurance or personalized medicine, or conduct personal relationships? Does Solove suggest ways in which a private individual can control access to such information, particularly if “many fragments of personal information will reside on the Internet forever, accessible to this and future generations through a simple Google search” (paragraph 7)?
  3. With a discussion group, write a position paper explaining the ideal amount of control over dissemination of personal information, what sorts, and to whom and under what circumstances it should be disclosed.

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    Chapter 9 - QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING: With a discussion group, write a position paper explaining the ideal amount of control over dissemination of personal information, what sorts, and to whom and under what circumstances it should be disclosed.