Should Government Do More To Protect Your Virtual Privacy?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 20:14
in Mathematics & Economics
The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases, pizza topping preferences and Amazon wish lists, are collected every day ― by both websites and traditional retailers. Thoughthis data seems fairly innocuous, when it's put together it can tell whoever is gathering it awhole lot about your health, finances and behavior; and that means it can easily be used against you. Dr. Michael Birnhack of Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Law and Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren from the University of Haifa recently completed a comprehensive study on information privacy laws in Israel and found compelling reasons for lawmakers everywhere to take notice. read more