The Invasion Of Privacy In Alice's Through The Looking Glass

Recently, society's dependence on technology has increased. People constantly use various networking sites, where they unknowingly release personal information. Instantly, their online security is invaded by organizations looking to broaden their knowledge about the public, without regard for user privacy. In severe cases, companies gain credit card information or social security numbers, often resulting in identity theft. The article “Extra Sensory Perception,” discusses new technology that would work to increase user privacy. In the novel, Through the Looking Glass, an outside narrator, looks in at the main character, Alice’s, thoughts. In both of these sources, a common theme is privacy, defined as freedom from unauthorized intrusions.
Thousands of people are constantly using digital platforms where privacy is disregarded by eager companies, or even by the digitizing of classified documents. Anne Klinefelter and David Adria, two professors of law, discuss the invasion of privacy caused by the digitizing of court records stating that “In “State v. Bright,” for example, a brief filed by the State of North Carolina describes the abduction and rape of a ten-year-old girl, naming the child in full on the first page…” Once these documents were placed on-line, the privacy of the victim was instantly invaded. This explains how cases similar to this has caused people to suffer the loss of their anonymity, causing privacy risks for the victims. Once court records were digitized, any ounce of privacy these people had was stripped away, providing the public with personal details. To protect society, restricting the accessibility of classified documents is
Instead of notifying users, websites make “unannounced changes to their privacy policies,” according to Joanne Kuzma, a PhD holder in information systems. Kuzma reveals that these breaches of privacy, “could adversely affect data protection and compromise user trust...Thus it is vital that social sites contain explicit privacy policies stating a comprehensive list of protection methods.” Companies strive to make their users feel risk-free when visiting their websites but then simply change the privacy policies without alerting users, reasoning that the more consumers trust a company, the more likely they are to make future purchases or interactions with the company. Although at first appearing to be minute, these policy changes have been linked to privacy violations where copious amounts of customer data has been exposed without the user’s consent. In general, based off of the social evidence, regulations must be enacted to protect society’s online privacy,to prevent the inappropriate access of classified information, reduce the fear of using the internet, and eliminate the practice of unilateral changes to privacy