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Developments in Information Technology in the past ten years have led to an explosion in the amount of information available, for those at least who have access to it.
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DEVELOPMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST TEN YEARS HAVE LED TO AN EXPLOSION IN THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE, FOR THOSE AT LEAST WHO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. The objective of this essay is to discuss the pace of change in relation to the advantages and disadvantages of the increasing availability of information via the Internet. In addition, the inequality of access will be discussed together with the impact on societies. The Pace of Change For those who have access to the wealth of information available from the Internet it is becoming easier to obtain personal information. For example, in an article by Andrew L Shapiro* (1997) entitled "Privacy for Sale: Peddling Data on the Internet", he reports how easy it was for him to discover and collate various personnel data relating to an individual. He found information such as a Social Security Number, home address and telephone numbers, all within...
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