Does Posting Info Online Mean Giving Up Privacy?

K@W BLOG -- Oct 16 -- Faculty members at Wharton say people who access the Internet for sending email, writing blogs, and posting photos and information about themselves on social networking sites, do not realize how much of their personal privacy and identities they put at risk. The legal community has been debating for years whether it is more appropriate to view personal information as a form of property that is "owned" and therefore subject to property protections, or to look at personal information as a privacy right. The ownership model hasn't taken off. The legal system does a much better job protecting property interests rather than dignity interests, such as privacy. In a way, we're going back to the small town where everyone knows what everyone else is doing by virtue of internet. FULL ARTICLE @ KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON