ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the complexity of the privacy debate. Privacy is an issue that is being crafted in real time, by service providers, software manufacturers, local and national governments, and, privacy is also heavily dependent on context. One can see how the debate around privacy traces its roots to a classic debate within political philosophy. "Personal privacy is no longer an individual thing". Since social networking services arrived on the scene, it has become obvious that, even though meticulous privacy controls are made available. Getting through a privacy policy document on a popular networking site is needlessly time-consuming. The chapter highlights these interests facing individuals, service providers and governments. Nevertheless, however one may decide to view the situation, the invasion of privacy has only just begun-there is not enough, and it is shrinking fast.
