Donald Gotterbarn
Abstract
The positive qualities of the Internet--anonymity, openness, and reproducibility have added a new ethical dimension to the privacy debate. This paper describes a new and significant way in which privacy is violated. A type of personal information, called ’virtual information‘ is described and the effectiveness of techniques to protect this type of information is examined. This examination includes a discussion of technical approaches and professional standards as ways to address this violation of ’virtual information.‘
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Index Terms
- Privacy lost: The Net, autonomous agents, and’virtual information‘
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