Privacy Defended: Protecting Yourself Online

Growth Factors

As the telephone revolutionized how we communicate, so does the Internet and other modes of communications such as wireless technology. Within the last ten years, we have seen a fast and steady progression in communications between corporations and between individuals. The first stages were businesses interacting increasingly with the consumer. It became easy for companies to provide information and interaction with users through their Internet presence. At first, it was just displaying information on a static Web site—it was basically putting all their hardcopy marketing material on a Web site for the consumer to read through. As each company registered its domain name and linked it to a Web site, it became easier for the consumer ...