was willing to pay for it. Fortunately, the database was removed from the Internet after it was found that members of juries were accessing information on the database, creating an unfair bias against the defendant. But even though these issues have been dealt with, there is no way of policing the trade of information in places such as the Internet. Companies are now able to access information on consumer preferences, and then smother target audiences with advertising. Employers are able to access personal information, allowing them to dismiss job seekers without even meeting them. Even government organisations, which the public has no choice but to trust, are free to sell the most personal of secrets to the highest bidder. So it seems that in a world of global villages, viruses, and unreliable governments, the information is safe only when its not shared at all....
