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Privacy

Defining Privacy So what is privacy anyway? “The right to be left alone” was first articulated in American law in an 1890 Harvard Law Review article co-authored by Samuel D. Warren and (future Supreme Court Justice) Louis D. Brandeis. Additionally, we have a sense that others should have limited access to our sense of selves and that we should be allowed some secrecy about our personal information. We have the sense that if we choose not to live in the public eye, that decision will be respected by others. We have the right to control our identity and image from unauthorized commercial use and from others casting our good name into a false light. And while such expectations are not directly enshrined in the Constitution or Bill of Rights, a long series of laws and court cases have established that even in these times of receding privacy, numerous legal protections of our privacy exist.

Yet, despite these protections, our privacy is compromised by a wide-ranging collection of data that is manipulated in various ways. It is aggregated and mined, primarily by computers and algorithms, and sometimes, people are identified via these collections and investigations. Most of all, it is shared with a variety of others via commerce in which massive amounts of data change hands for profit (profit that we never see). Sometimes that data is released unintentionally. It is almost always exchanged outside of our conscious awareness, without our direct permission or even partial understanding of the uses to which it is put.


Impact of new media on privacy

On of the biggest downfalls and controversy with new media is privacy. Nowadays if you are not careful with what you post online ,you can live to regret it. Many teenagers and adults shared pictures that reveal underage drinking, smoking, and explicit content which can be very harmful to them in their lives.These pictures can be demeaning and damaging to the future and life of these teens and adults reputations. Posting controversial pictures or anything scandalous can ruin the chances of getting a job or an internship which they apply for.Many employers are now looking at what their employees and those who apply for a job post online and used this in order to judge your work. Some people have even lost their jobs because of scandals that have arisen due to what they are posting on social media. An example of someone who suffered because of this is Anthony Weiner. Weiner was involved in a sexting scandal because of pictures posted on his tweeter account. This scandal damaged his image as a public figure and cost him his job as a NY congressman. A person might have shared a picture with just their friends on Facebook or even tweeter, however, once it out or shared with anyone there is no guarantee in knowing what will happen with that picture.