Chapter 7

Laws and Internet Privacy

Abstract

This chapter talks about what information you should and shouldn’t be storing online.

Keywords

Facebook; Challenge questions and answers; Online

Information in This Chapter

• How much information you should share with companies?

• Risks of sharing to much information online

• Knowing how companies protect your information

This chapter talks about how the Internet and the various laws around the world apply.

The law and changing technology

When it comes to technology, in general, the legal system (regardless of what country you are in) can’t keep up. New services and technologies change at a much faster pace than the legal systems can keep up with. Often, they end up being laws that directly conflict with technology, ...

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