Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World

Discusses how an individual's medical records, credit reports, employment background, and consumer history can become easily accessible through computer technology, and suggests steps for protecting oneself against such practices

WHO KNOWS what you. . .Earn in a year? Spent on your latest car? Bought your spouse as a birthday gift? Take for indigestion, incontinence, or impotence? WHO KNOWS where you. . .Get your long-distance service? Have your prescriptions filled? Take your vacations? Invest your money? WHO KNOWS if you have ever/ . . Responded to a personals ad? Been fired? Declared bankruptcy? Had an abortion? Seen a psychotherapist? Been tested for AIDS? With alarming accuracy, the most personal facts of our lives find their way into computer files and data banks. At this very moment, companies and governments are busy gathering and exchanging our medical, financial, consumer, and employment records--without our consent. And the explosive growth of the Internet is only making matters worse. How did this outrageous invasion of privacy come about? How can you begin to reverse the trend, for yourself and society? This shocking expose will provoke you to act before it's too late. Read this book to learn how the networked world has compromised your privacy and what you can do about it!