Does Posting Info Online Mean Giving Up Privacy?

K@W BLOG — Oct 16 — Faculty members at Wharton say people who access the
Internet for sending email, writing blogs, and posting photos and information
about themselves on social networking sites, do not realize how much of their
personal privacy and identities they put at risk. The legal community has been
debating for years whether it is more appropriate to view personal information
as a form of property that is "owned" and therefore subject to property
protections, or to look at personal information as a privacy right. The
ownership model hasn’t taken off. The legal system does a much better job
protecting property interests rather than dignity interests, such as privacy. In a way, we’re going back to the small town where everyone knows what everyone
else is doing by virtue of internet. FULL ARTICLE @ KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON