Privacy Protection: Time to Think and Act Locally and Globally (originally published in June 1998)

Abstract

This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue: Commercial Applications of the Internet, published in July 2006. What sorts of privacy can consumers expect on the Internet? How havepolicies been evolving - or not evolving - in the past twelve months? This article examines the unique aspects on online communications and interactivity and analyzes the real meaning of community in the context of the Internet.[1]