INTRODUCTION

In our fast-paced society, computers are becoming completely integrated into every aspect of our lives. Everything seems to be stored in a database somewhere and the easy availability to these files is ever increasing at a tremendous speed. In a world where a file can be downloaded and transferred in a matter of minutes, it's scarey to think how much of your life someone can get a hold of. Piece by piece, people can put together your life through insurance documents, employee records, traffic violation reports, health care records, etc. Information on our personal lives has become one of the hottest items on the market today and the government has not been reacting to the changes which create such easy access to information. In this report, I will be focusing on these issues and relating them to two theories which we have discussed in class, Utilitarian and Kant.