However, technology has created a more immediate need for definition. It is an outrage that our innocently revealed personal truths are being bought and sold in ways we could never imagine. When we use credit cards our purchase information is sold to marketers. When we fill out forms on the Internet about ourselves we make it public for other companies to use. Marketers are given information on what videos we rented.
Banks hire lawyers to collect on credit cards and loans through Internet information.
On the subject of things we have kept private, we are faced with proposed legislation requiring cellular and other wireless phone companies to track the location of their customers by identifying the cell site at the beginning and end of every call. Legislation allowing the FBI to monitor cellular phone calls is being investigated. We are also in danger of legislation being passed saying any phone used by a suspect can be tapped, no matter whose it is, with no need to seek a new warrant. The Fourth Amendment sets limits on government intrusion into people's private lives. Some Federal legislation has been enacted that has made it illegal for cable companies to disclose any information about subscribers without their consent, give information out about what videos people rent, protects school records, sets employer guidelines and restricting the ability of law enforcement to intercept oral and wire communications.