Although the tools of communication and financial privacy are granting the small thieves an unprecedented ability to carry out their business with impunity, the large thieves that have so far been able to hide in the bureaucratic shadows of governments and large corporations are finding themselves more and more thrown into the limelight.
Three federal laws -- the Privacy Protection Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Cable Communication Provider Act -- overlap and contradict one another in protecting Internet users' identities and personal information.
Sharing and communicating among co-workers, professional circles and companies becomes more effective and more like real life communication, if users remain in control of their privacy.
Also, I do think this latest problem came out of an attempt to provide more value for buyers and sellers, but the privacy issue combined with their lack of communication and listening to their community has created some ugly fallout.
Colorado has a history of taking privacy matters seriously: State law prohibits the recording of electronic communication without the consent of the sender.