Yet, privacy issues are inextricably intertwined with free market capitalism as internet sales are more and more dependent upon the exchange and analysis of private data. Additionally, there are privacy issues related to employment background checks that verge on the forced surrender of these rights in exchange for the ability to eat and pay rent. Privacy advocates like the ACLU have warned that such technology is encroaching on our human freedoms and these extend far beyond just the internet. In short, the legal limitations of spying through new technology can soon mean that more privacy issues are a grey area legally speaking. Depending on your residence, data brokers could even purchase private information from the Department of Motor Vehicles or retail shops.

Source: Forbes July 02, 2019 11:48 UTC