Why is Privacy an Issue?

• Rise of internet has led to some privacy concerns:
  • Increased access to information
  • Increased amount of information
  • Electronic tracking and monitoring
• Big Data refers to large and complex data collected from many sources
  • big data collections challenge privacy issues because of the vast amount of information they contain from many different sources
• People leave electronic footprints in many places on the internet
  • Internet service providers (ISPs) maintain logs
  • websites track actions of visitors
• Many people believe they are anonymous on the internet when they are not