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Information Privacy, Gary S. Sander

Gary S Sander

Databases of information about individuals have similar architectural qualities as in the neighborhood in which our physical homes are situated in. Within our personal homes, there are rooms and areas in which are more private and accessible. We can store away and access information which is embedded in physical objects. But as these boundaries between the physical and the virtual become blurry, the ideas of privacy need to be re-thought carefully. When information is stored virtually there are pros and cons to this – how does information get represented in context of the situation than as a single entity that …