We live in a world of rapid technological growth. Technology is evolving very quickly, especially in areas that allow us to store personal information. For example, we can search for a purchase without a receipt at a retail store by swiping a credit card. Another example, we could go to the doctor and the nurse could print a copy of all our health records stored in the computer by simply typing our full name. While this can be a way to make things easier for us, it's also a way for people to take our information without permission and do what they want with it. People can hack into the database of retail stores and steal account numbers. People can just say your name and get your medical history if the nurse doesn't ask for ID. Information privacy is a growing concern for Internet and data users. In a report entitled Protecting Privacy in an Information Age: The Problem of Privacy in Public, researched by Helen Nissenbaum of Princeton University, she states: As a third explanation for the neglect of the privacy problem in public, I suggested that until powerful information technologies were applied to the collection and analysis of information about people, there was no general and systematic threat to privacy in public. Privacy, as such, was sufficiently protected by a combination of conscious and intentional efforts (including the enactment of laws and moral standards) encouraged by inefficiency. It is therefore not surprising that the theories were not developed in response to the question of privacy in public; the problem did not exist yet. (17) Helen makes a great point because it wasn't until a few years ago that technology exploded and started creating all these different forms of databases that can do...... in the middle paper ......uits and concerns about loss or theft of private information. (Hasty, Nagel, Subjally) My personal opinion is that this is a complete invasion of information privacy and I would prefer that no third party knows where I plan to travel or what items I plan to purchase online. Also in the future, when I have my career, I would like to keep my personal life completely apart from my professional life. I wouldn't want my boss to know my personal passwords on my social media or even give him access to what I did before and what I do now, that's what my CV is for professional. This all may not seem like a big deal now, but again, you need to understand that this is just the beginning and if we continue to allow data mining or any type of invasion of personal information , there will be no one to draw the line. between personal and public information.