Computers.

Computers make  more  information  available  to  more  people.  This makes  protection  of computer privacy difficult.

1. Inappropriate Access:

• Documents recorded for a crime which one did not commit but was arrested.

• As a child you were arrested for drinking alcohol

• Medical data about visits to a psychiatrist.

• A loan default to a National Bank.

Any of the above information can be accessed by, let us say, a prospective employer during a security check.

2. Data Bank Errors:

• Even erroneous information when generated by computers is taken to be authenticated.

• Immediate reaction to such wrong information may mostly prove to be incorrect.

3. Hackers:

• ‘Hackers’ are people who compulsively challenge any computer security system, choke networks, give out false information, etc.

• This can be extremely harmful.

• It is a violation of property rights.

• At the least, it reduces productivity by shutting down systems.

• Individual privacy, national security, freedom to protect proprietary information are three values requiring limits on access to information.