Editing Internet privacy (section)

{{Short description|Right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the internet}}
'''Internet privacy''' involves the right or mandate of personal [[privacy]] concerning the storage, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and display of information pertaining to oneself via the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite news |author=The Editorial Boards |title=Republicans Attack Internet Privacy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/opinion/republicans-attack-internet-privacy.html |date=March 29, 2017 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308082429/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/opinion/republicans-attack-internet-privacy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Wheeler |title=How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/opinion/how-the-republicans-sold-your-privacy-to-internet-providers.html |date=March 29, 2017 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811080612/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/opinion/how-the-republicans-sold-your-privacy-to-internet-providers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Internet privacy is a subset of [[data privacy]]. Privacy concerns have been articulated from the beginnings of large-scale computer sharing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.multicians.org/fjcc6.html |author1=E. E. David |author2=R. M. Fano |title=Some Thoughts About the Social Implications of Accessible Computing. Proceedings 1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference |year=1965 |access-date=2012-06-07 |archive-date=2000-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816061626/http://www.multicians.org/fjcc6.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and especially relate to [[mass surveillance]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schuster |first1=Stefan |last2=van den Berg |first2=Melle |last3=Larrucea |first3=Xabier |last4=Slewe |first4=Ton |last5=Ide-Kostic |first5=Peter |title=Mass surveillance and technological policy options: Improving the security of private communications |journal=Computer Standards & Interfaces |date=1 February 2017 |volume=50 |pages=76–82 |doi=10.1016/j.csi.2016.09.011 |language=en |issn=0920-5489|hdl=11556/375 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Privacy can entail either [[personally identifiable information]] (PII) or non-PII information such as a site visitor's behavior on a website. PII refers to any information that can be used to identify an individual. For example, age and [[physical address]] alone could identify who an individual is without explicitly disclosing their name, as these two parameters are unique enough to identify a specific person typically. Other forms of PII may include [[GPS tracking]] data used by apps,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2022 |title=The new meaning of PII — can you ever be anonymous?: Case study: Is GPS data personal data? |url=https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/the-new-meaning-of-pii-can-you-ever-be-anonymous/}}</ref> as the daily commute and routine information can be enough to identify an individual.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html|title=Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret|last1=Valentino-DeVries|first1=Jennifer|date=2018-12-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-03|last2=Singer|first2=Natasha|issn=0362-4331|last3=Keller|first3=Michael H.|last4=Krolik|first4=Aaron|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403053127/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

It has been suggested that the "appeal of online services is to broadcast personal information on purpose."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pogue |first=David |date=January 2011 |title=Don't Worry about Who's watching |journal=[[Scientific American]] |volume=304 |issue=1 |page=32 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0111-32|pmid=21265322 |bibcode=2011SciAm.304a..32P }}</ref> On the other hand, in [[Computer security|security]] expert [[Bruce Schneier]]'s essay entitled, "The Value of Privacy", he says, "Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of [[surveillance]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_pr.html |title=The Value of Privacy by Bruce Schneier |date=19 May 2006 |publisher=Schneier.com |access-date=2015-02-09 |archive-date=2022-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502142324/https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_pr.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Bruce Schneier |url=http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886 |title=The Eternal Value of Privacy by Bruce Schneier |publisher=Wired.com |date=May 18, 2006 |access-date=2016-07-19 |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510181309/http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886 |url-status=live }}</ref>