02/08/2013

Tracking Privacy and Ownership in an Online World

17:21 minutes

Your phone knows where you are. Social networks know who your friends are, and what you ate last night. How much of your personal data is really yours to control? Khaliah Barnes of the Electronic Privacy Information Center helps sort out the politics and policies of privacy.

Segment Guests

Khaliah Barnes

Khaliah Barnes is the administrative law counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C.

Meet the Producer

About Charles Bergquist

As Science Friday’s director and senior producer, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.