Privacy on the Internet

This is a book about privacy in the information and consumer society in general, and privacy on the Internet in particular. The author first looks into the sociological aspects of the privacy issue and then examines the technical and legal aspects of control and privacy protection on the Internet. Examples of the ways in which privacy on the Internet can be abused and of self-protection techniques available to the user add practical value to this book. The author describes technologies that make possible intrusions into the computer systems, interception of electronic mail and network traffic, collation and gathering of distributed data, as well as those technologies and procedures that prevent such abuse or protect the users in other ways. This multifaceted book will be of interest to many organizations and individuals.