Privacy

Privacy and new media is a difficult topic to discuss. "The Wild West Of Privacy"  is an excellent article that shows how difficult it is to protect privacy rights on the web and pinpoints the many changes that we as a Country need to take in order to ensure that those rights are protected. Many users don't know that big Internet companies collect micro data about us. This data can be used to learn about our finances, sexual orientation and even our habits. About four years ago the Obama administration proposed to pass a privacy legislation that didn't go nowhere. This legislation would have acted like a Bill of Rights for the "web-world". I think it is important to have something like this enacted because the Internet in itself is like a country, world, and planet in itself. Experts have said that the bill should consist of a way to regulate data brokers, and opt-out instead of an opt-in in terms of agreements, and incentives to give companies to prevent data breaches.