Although we often think of privacy concerns as being a modern phenomenon driven by uses of today’s emerging technologies, the reality is that privacy concerns are not new. Privacy issues have always been a significant part of public discussion in this country. Each generation has brought forth new technologies and advancements and seemingly new privacy issues. In this assignment, students used the New York Times Historical archive to review privacy articles to examine the kinds of privacy issues that have been part of public discussion historically.Click on the buttons below to review indexed summaries provided by students.
This project began with summaries by Chitra Kalyanaraman, who provided the original proof of concept as part of her term project in the Privacy and Anonymity in Data course (Fall 2003).
Below are stduent submissions during the Spring 2004 term.
Below are stduent submissions during the Fall 2004 term.