Willis H Ware
The concept of privacy is summarized and some of its underlying tenets and axioms are reviewed. Illustration is provided of the drift toward a national counterprivacy posture in terms of events involving the Social Security number (SSN). New faces of privacy are discussed in terms of 3 case histories: 1. the California action to require SSNs on driver's licenses, 2. the effort by telephone companies to introduce calling number identification, and 3. the aggregation of public records into dossier databases. Remedial actions by government and legislators are suggested.