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Data privacy is the footprint of our existence. It is our persona
beyond ourselves, with traces of us scattered from birth
certificates, Social Security numbers, shopping patterns, credit
card histories, photographs, mugshots and health records. In a
digital world, where memory is converted to 0’s and 1’s, then
instantly transformed into a reproduction even in 3D, personal data
is an urgent personal and collective subject. Those who wish to
live anonymous lives must take extraordinary measures to succeed in
that improbable quest, while those who hope for friendship or fame
through the spread of their personal data must learn how to prevent
theft of their identity and bank account. If you have ideas for
interviews or stories, please email
info@thedataprivacydetective.com. The internet in its blooming
evolution makes personal data big business – for government, the
private sector and denizens of the dark alike. The Data Privacy
Detective explores how governments balance the interests of
personal privacy with competing needs for public security, public
health and other communal goods. It scans the globe for champions,
villains, protectors and invaders of personal privacy and for the
tools and technology used by individuals, business and government
in the great competition between personal privacy and societal good
order. We’ll discuss how to guard our privacy by safeguarding the
personal data we want to protect. We’ll aim to limit the access
others can gain to your sensitive personal data while enjoying the
convenience and power of smartphones, Facebook, Google, EBay,
PayPal and thousands of devices and sites. We’ll explore how
sinister forces seek to penetrate defenses to access data you don’t
want them to have. We’ll discover how companies providing us
services and devices collect, use and try to exploit or safeguard
our personal data. And we’ll keep up to date on how governments
regulate personal data, including how they themselves create, use
and disclose it in an effort to advance public goals in ways that
vary dramatically from country to country. For the public good and
personal privacy can be at odds. On one hand, governments try to
deter terrorist incidents, theft, fraud and other criminal activity
by accessing personal data, by collecting and analyzing health data
to prevent and control disease and in other ways most people
readily accept. On the other hand, many governments view personal
privacy as a fundamental human right, with government as guardian
of each citizen’s right to privacy. How authorities regulate data
privacy is an ongoing balance of public and individual interests.
We’ll report statutes, regulations, international agreements and
court decisions that determine the balance in favor of one or more
of the competing interests. And we’ll explore innovative efforts to
transcend government control through blockchain and other
technology. In audio posts of 5 to 10 minutes each, you’ll get tips
on how to protect your privacy, updates on government efforts to
protect or invade personal data, and news of technological
developments that shape the speed-of-bit world in which our
personal data resides. The laws governing legal advertising in some
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