Internet Growth

You're not alone in your use of the Internet. Take a look at the following chart regarding Internet use.

Internet Growth 1977: 111 hosts on Internet 1981: 213 hosts 1983: 562 hosts 1984: 1,000 hosts 1986: 5,000 hosts 1987: 10,000 hosts 1989: 100,000 hosts 1992: 1,000,000 hosts 2001: 150 - 175 million hosts 2002: over 200 million hosts By 2010, about 80% of the planet will be on the Internet Adapted from the Internet Society http://www.isoc.org/

In fact, in September 2002 the Internet reached two great milestones:

• 200,000,000 IP hosts
  
• 840,000,000 users

Information from Netsizer.com (Telcordia Applied Research)

With this type of usage, the topic of privacy and the Internet should concern you as an educational leader. Even though you may not be discussing corporate secrets or involving yourself in e-commerce, knowledge about privacy issues and the Internet is important. The better informed that you are about your own privacy issues, the better you will be able to protect the privacy issues of your staff and your students as well as yourself.