Private companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook run on a business model that collects and sells consumers’ searches and emails to ad companies. If consumers regularly use sites like Facebook, “these sites are tracking and retaining everything [they’re] doing on their sites and on any other sites that host their scripts and widgets” (Auerbach 30). Some argue that the privacy policies of such companies protect the privacy of its users; however, privacy policies only give a false sense of security. For instance, “in great enough quantities, collection and aggregation of nonconfidential information can violate privacy just as much as the disclosure of confidential information does” (Auerbach 33). Consumers are then forced to micromanage their privacy settings in order to reduce the amount of information that is shared with the company. In spite of the efforts to protect their privacy, big name companies like Facebook continue to monitor the online activity of users through various …show more content…
Privacy should not have to be sacrificed for security. The solution is not to part from digital technology cold turkey, it is to be more aware of where the data is going and how much individuals should share on the Internet. The digital revolution has brought many conveniences, but it has also created many threats to people’s privacy. New laws are being enacted for the purpose of protecting and regulating privacy from the threats of the new technology. The Constitution may not state it directly, but privacy is, by its own nature, a fundamental human