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Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics

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Personal Privacy And Data Security In The Age Of The Internet, Alexandra Langone Dec 2017

Personal Privacy And Data Security In The Age Of The Internet, Alexandra Langone

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This project highlights the vulnerability of personal privacy in the age of the internet and the lack of control consumers have over their own data online. As sharing sensitive personal information with entities like social networks and major corporations becomes more and more commonplace for ordinary people, consumers are slowly waking up to the fact that they are often inadvertently giving up control over their personal information. The articles in this portfolio tackle different aspects of the dangers of online privacy, touching on the lack of regulation in the U.S. to protect consumers from companies that do not do enough …