Protecting the Private I

Do we need a new privacy to match the new economy? Not long ago, I saw a survey that asked business people questions such as whether it's ethical to listen to employees' phone calls or read their e-mails. But it didn't raise the key issue: Do the emplo-yees know? If your friend Alice tells you something, is it O.K. to tell your other friend, Juan? It all depends on what Alice expects of you. And if there's any doubt, you should ask her.

These simple principles are so obvious that it's amazing people forget them when it comes to the Internet....

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