"Piercing or Preserving Privacy: The Next Generation."
Sharon Polsky


Information is power but very few people are comfortable discussing the power struggle that results from gathering, using and disclosing sensitive personal information. And fewer still discuss it with an eye towards the future. The current trends for gathering, using and disclosing sensitive and personal informantion - from medical infomation and consumer spending to DNA and RFID tracking of individuals - are causing profound long-term effects on personal mobility, freedoms and the concept of privacy.