It is an information source as well as a booming virtual market place for many businesses. The Internet is an enormous well of information that contains both good and bad. ... This is the only information that can be taken legally. ... One of the most common ways for webmasters to find out information about the user is to use passive recording of transactional information. ... Direct disclosure is just that, the user gives the website information such as their e-mail address, home address, phone number, and any other information that is requested. ...

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E-commerce is structured on the copy and trade of intimate personal information and therefore, a threat to privacy on the Internet. ... Genuine Privacy Enhancing Technologies limit or eliminate the collection of personally identifiable information. ... However, this also creates opportunity for misuse of such information. ... according to federal law it is not considered illegal for anyone to view or release the information to the public. ... It should not be assumed that service account information is kept private. ...

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Email should be safe, private environments for all and we should not have to worry about are children using this service. ... THE COMPUTERS HAVE EYES: HOW PRIVATE IS PRIVATE IN THE DIGITAL AGE? ... To make a point, the editors of "Macworld- recently investigated a group of prominent Americans, people who usually take more steps than the average citizen to hide personal information. ... Not so long ago, only a few private detectives knew these tricks. ...

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In the article "The Virtual Community" by Barry M Leiner, the author asserts that the Internet is "a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location." "Information dissemination" is one of the most important features of the Internet because the Internet has enables larger amount of information to travel in faster speed so that more information will be available to those who need it. ... By providing individuals information and advice from real people all over the world, people...

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