Today the internet is a social aspects used to link people in a more efficient and modern way. The increased usage of networks has caused interactions that are more viable. The formation of the cyber communities made of people with like minds and common interests enables them to share information without any hindrances to geographical barriers. They are in a position to communicate on various trivial, controversial or private subjects of interest. The exchange of information among users at a relatively low cost in less time means that people are now more prone to some psychological and social effects over the internet usage especially at home. This paper is an evaluation essay on the issue relating to internet usage and its impact on the ethics in a social setting. Has the use of Information Technology affected the societal norm today? Do people suffer from social or economical impacts of dissemination and implementation of current innovative Information Technology? The paper is an analysis of the ethical concerns regarding privacy in the internet. Today the cyberspace suffers from the user’s ability to assume anonymous status or ability to have pseudonymous online identities. The users’ ability to obtain informed consent complicates and exaggerates the expectations. It seems an illusion over privacy due to the blurred distinction between private and public domain. There is fuelled disagreement regarding the policies for governing social and behavioural conduct of human interaction via the net. Most of the concern boards are incompetent or lack the technical expertise to understand guidance or protocols regarding internet usage. The ethical, legal and technical issues regarding the internet usage need implementation as an urgent measure of protecting human subjects. The human created cyberspace has no boundaries thus the captivation of human lives. It is an influence to everyday activity and impacts to various controversial problems involving freedom in dialogue, censorship, rationality such as property rights and privacy. In most believers, the societal norm has some measures of regulating the internet related controversial issues. There are still various ethical concerns regarding the internet such as the safeguarding the privacy of individuals for instance the private medical information. Other than the private lives of people, companies also face risks due to poor regulation measures as evident in the recent cyber attacks on Google and other companies in China. Privacy of information involves ability to confine the confidential personal information in a specified domain area. The disclosure either causes emotional distress, embarrassment, or sensitivity. Privacy requires limiting others access to secret and equally anonymous information to protect personal integrity. Today’s internet technology is a modernized open communication architecture that raises very unique ethical issues with regards to privacy. Passage of information trough various servers’ lacks proper boundaries to guarantee privacy of virtual transactions. The computer technology can easily deceive one on issues of security where people thinks they are engaging in private activities, while most of the systems in the net are able