One idea being floated is to pay individuals a royalty each time a credit bureau, bank, marketer, medical records provider – in short any databanker – resells information from their digital dossiers.
Predictor: Rothfeder, Jeffrey
Prediction, in context:In his 1992 book “Privacy for Sale,” Jeffrey Rothfeder writes: ”No matter how prudent people are about protecting their own privacy, their efforts will probably amount to little unless they’re accompanied by an equally serious commitment from Congress and the courts to scrutinize technology’s impact on privacy and on the right of individuals to live their lives without being at the mercy of those who would try to pry into their private affairs, on a whim or for malice … Do we need a European-style Data Protection Board to be an ombudsman for any citizen who feels that an individual or company has abused his right of information privacy, and to pass judgment on corporate and government use of private information and databanks? … How can surveillance and telecommunications equipment manufacturers and sellers be better controlled? … Are there some innovative approaches to the commercial use by third parties of personal information that should be examined? One idea being floated is to pay individuals a royalty each time a credit bureau, bank, marketer, medical records provider – in short any databanker – resells information from their digital dossiers.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Privacy/Surveillance
Name of publication: Privacy For Sale
Title, headline, chapter name: Shadow Of Technology
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 210
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