CNBC Documentary "Big Brother Big Business"

Click the screen to activate the control, then click on the play button to watch the video below. It is a 2-hour program and well worth the watch! You can visit the NetLingo definitions below the broadcast to learn more (the links will launch new pages so you won't lose your place in the TV show). Copyright by CNBC, Inc. and reproduced with permission.

You heard them say it several times, it is our duty as citizens to not let government or big corporations take away our privacy rights. We must stay aware, and put pressure on state and federal legislators for regulatory infrastructure to protect privacy.

Definitions of terms mentioned in the report:

• big brother
  
• biometrics
  
• burn
  
• CD
  
• CD-ROM
  
• cell phone
  
• data mining
  
• digital camera
  
• GPS
  
• identity theft
  
• IP address
  
• microchip
  
• printer
  
• privacy
  
• proxy surfing
  
• RFID
  
• satellites
  

A few of the companies mentioned in the report:

• EFF
  
• Google
  
• AOL
  
• Vetronix
  
• ChoicePoint
  
• Acxiom