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=**Invasion of Privacy** =

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[|Privacy Today: A Review of Current Issues] This website contains a lot of information on privacy and current issues regarding it. It outlines privacy laws as well as debates whether or not ce rtain  activities should be considered an invasion of privacy.

[|What is Invasion of Privacy] This page discusses what it really means to have an invasion of privacy. It implores the legal definition of it and discusses various aspects of it that could present itself in the world

[|Invasion of Privacy Handbook] This website contains information on the legal rights of people with regard to privacy and public interest. It is also discusses the main reason for privacy laws and ways in which they could be used and not used. = = =News Articles=

= = [|The Patriot Act: Invasion of privacy] This article discusses the Patriot Act and compares our society to the one presented in the novel __1984__. This is significant because the article gives examples as to how the U.S. is inching closer to the society represented in __1984__.

[|Privacy protections at work are few and far between] This article talks about the invasion of privacy that takes place in the workplace. This is important because it provides many ways in which employees are simply being spied upon by their employers.

[|Online privacy fears are real] This article discusses the dangers the internet holds for ones identities. It delves into the ways in which ones privacy can be invaded, which could lead to identity theft or other serious problems.

[|International Impact of Technology on Privacy] This article discusses the impact of technology on personal privacy internationally. It targets specific countries and discusses their situation specifically. = = = = =Blog Posts=

= = [|Privacy Law Blog] This blog discusses current issues in relation to invasion of privacy. Its contributors consist of people working as litigators, in the health care department, in the media and communications field, as a part of the labor and employment law department, etc.

[|"Google Buzz" Causes Privacy Issue] This blog post posted by Evgeny Morozov, discusses the issue posed by Google Buzz's feature of making all of the names of your most frequently emailed friends/family public. Many people were upset about how this feature was designed into the Google Buzz program and must be adjusted manually to change. (Google is supposedly making efforts to fix some of this problem.)

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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Corresponding Criticism= [|The Patriot Act: Alleged Abuses of the Law] This website denounces the Patriot Act and discusses about how it encroaches on our rights as U.S. citizens. The main point of the acticle is that the law makes it far to easy for law enforcement officials to spy on normal people

Critics Say Google Invades Privacy With New Service This article discusses a new service that Google infringes on personal privacy. Google users logged in to a new service and found that a full list of friends had already been added based on who they communicated most with on G-mail. Critics say that services like these are infringing on our rights as U.S. citizens.

Online Privacy Fears Are Real There is much criticism about how much information we share on the internet. This article discusses about how thousands of I.Ds and credit card numbers are stolen everyday. It talks about how we should store as little information possible on th e internet.

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[|Invasion of Privacy: Conversation with Larry Greenemeier] ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier is interviewed by Steve Mirsky about internet spying on innocent civilians and other related privacy issues.

[|Full Body Scans at Airports: Threat to Religious Practices and Invasion of Privacy] This 8 minute radio clip from National Public Radio (NPR) discusses the controversy over having full body scanners in airports. Can they potentially cause issues of privacy for practicing persons of faith? Are there other ways to search for the same contraband without invading the privacy of others?

= = =Discussion Question= 1. After listening to the podcast about full body scans in airports for security and how it effects religious views, where do you stand? Do you agree or disagree with the points that professor Jeffrey Rosen is making? 2. Do you feel that the government should have the ability to see and hear many of people's daily lives by tapping into cell phones and street cameras? 3. With regard to airport security and scanning, how far do you think the government should go in determining how specific and personal the searches are, and do you think that they are becoming an invasion of privacy?

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