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Kristen Lockhart

• COMPUTER PRIVACY PERSONAL INFORMATION
• What types of information do companies have and
  share about YOU?

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Why this presentation is important to YOU.

• The more you know how your personal information
  is collected, maintained, and used, the better
  prepared you will be in protecting your personal
  information.
• OBJECTIVE
• This presentation will help you understand the
  extent and risks associated with databases that
  contain personal information about you.
  
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Who knows what about YOU?

• The IRS keeps records of your earnings, taxes,
  deductions and employment. Your IRS data must be
  available to certain government agencies.
• Education data is what youve accomplished during
  your years in schoolgrades, roommate preferences
  and disciplinary actions.
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Who knows what about YOU?

• Driver and Crime data includes very personal
  descriptive data, such as sex, age, height,
  weight, color of eyes and hair, arrests, fines
  and traffic offenses. Your information is
  available to law enforcement personnel.
• Lifestyle data Whenever you pay bills on-line,
  respond to opinion polls and shop a Profile can
  be created on you.
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Profiling

• Profiling is a process where companies examine
  and evaluate on-line activities and interests to
  create a comprehensive personal profile.
• Example
• A prediction of how you dress can be determined
  by knowing the type of clothing stores you shop
  at.
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How might your information be abused?

• Many companies have been formed strictly to sell
  information about peopleincluding e-mail
  addresses.
• In numerous situations, people arent suspicious
  that their personal information is being used or
  sold.
• Personal information for profit is growing so
  rapidly that the government is having a difficult
  time keeping up with cases of abuse.
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How can you protect yourself?

• BAD NEWS
• At present, the federal laws give individuals
  little protection.
• You are not allowed to choose who sees your
  information.
• In most cases you are not allowed to view,
  remove, or change information on some databases.

• GOOD NEWS
• Laws are being put in place that will provide
  better protection of personal information.
• Example
• In the future companies must get your permission
  before they can sell any of your personal
  information (name, address, telephone number and
  social security number).
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SONOW YOU KNOW

• ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO ON-LINE, BECAUSE
  THERE IS ALWAYS EYES ON YOUR EVERY MOVES!

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References

• Computers Information Technology in Perspective
  by Long and Long
• The Anonymizer Protecting User Privacy on the
  Web by Justin Boyan