A GUIDE TO INFORMATION SELF-DEFENSE

摘要

There is a flood of personal data on the Web these days, and people often do little to manage their part of the flow. "This has to be addressed at the macro level," says Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. "We need to protect Internet users through legislation or technical methods, by enforcing fair information practices that give users control over information held by businesses and government agencies, and by limiting the collection of personal information."rnIn the meantime, you can take some steps to protect yourself.