Digital Media Privacy In Canada

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Introduction
Digital Media privacy is an issue that is also in the back of our minds constantly when we are on the internet or other media outlets. Society seems this issues as something that should or should not happen. Everyone has their own view on this issues and it is interesting to look at from a sociological perspective. Sociologists, like Erving Goffman would look this issues at us are another individual when on any social media. We presented ourselves in the digital media because we are trying to create an impression that will stick when other look at us. Whatever we post online, even messages is a piece of our informal behaviours on real life, and this becomes our online personas and therefore are of conforming to Goffman’s notion …show more content…

This research paper will look at each stakeholder views and how the see the issues of privacy protection. Despite the issues, was it the right decision to declare that the police require warrant to gain information and about individual’s internet activities and why is privacy important to Canadian when using digital media?

Findings and Discussion Firstly, the Government of Canada make more privacy laws on the digital media that citizens use in everyday life. Cockfield (2003) explains the government expectation of having a new legislation that helps govern the information that is being collected in private and public spaces. Cockfield (2003) states that “the Supreme Court of Canada is the critical role of privacy in democracies and how society came to realized that privacy is the heart of liberty and it is grounded in a man’s physical and moral autonomy, privacy is essential for the well-being of the individual and the restraint imposed on government to pry into the lives of the citizen go to the essence of a democratic …show more content…

It bothers many individuals, including myself on the fact the Government of Canada is collecting personal information and tracking what we are looking and doing on the internet. Not everyone does bad things on the internet, some just shopping or writing blog post. Thinking about this even more, if they are tracking of internet activities via IP address, that would mean any website that we can click to keep signed in or save password. They know of that to personal sites that is being look at. I understand that the Government needs some of my personal information such as my driver’s license, SIN, health card and banking. I understand that those information is used for me to filed taxes, get loans and what not. I personally think that is it was a right decision for the Supreme Court of Canada to tell police to have a warrant to search someone’s internet activities because it provides some privacy on different digital media outlets. Overall, I agree with the Canadian citizens on this

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