Privacy

Though the technology of RFID tags does not put everyone in immediate danger, it does present risk to personal privacy. In Alejandro Martinez’s article, “Privacy concerns grow with the use of RFID tags,” he shows the reader the incredible benefits of the technology, as well as Ozer’s example of the technology being used for kidnapping. Yet, the problem is not with RFID tags themselves, but with the almost none-existent boundary between legal and illegal use. RFID tags, like non-military drones,…

everyone it seems there’s not much we can do about it. Thesis: However, both articles, “How Should We Think About Privacy” and “Privacy Pragmatism”, provide solutions to keeping our privacy safe within the boundaries of our personal lives. BODY: Lanier sees privacy where power and information as the most important tool in keeping your data. On the other hand, Mundie, author of “Privacy Pragmatism”, provides a solution which allows people to put their trust into an organization that would keep…

Summary of Privacy by Chuck McCutcheon a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. The controlling idea of the article is centralized around the invasion of privacy committed by the government, big corporations and hackers. The author uses the following statements to support his controlling idea. The author talks about the access government has to data, McCutcheon (2014) said: In leaks to The Washington Post and The Guardian newspaper in Britain, Snowden revealed that the NSA was…

sentences): The article “Does Online Privacy Exist?” examines how even when private settings are set to the highest level, everything leaves a digital footprint that can share private information with interested 3rd parties. The article specifically looks at social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; and the false sense of privacy being offered to their users. It also discusses the role government has played in the struggle to offer real privacy online. (5 pts.) Connection to…

fine but “they agreed not to misrepresent the privacy, security or confidentiality of user’s information, and agreed to implement a privacy program that will be subject to monitoring for 20 years” (WSJ). Even the big company gets in trouble with FTC regarding their “privacy”. Google is probably the biggest search engine in the world. In 2012, they were charged with a fine of $22.5 million to settle FTC charges because they misrepresented the privacy assurances to Apple’s safari users. FTC…

Gaining privacy today is harder than ever in a world-renowned technologically advanced country. With this technology comes a hard task at hand for the many governments. This task is trying to figure out the balance between national security and freedom for their citizens. For many years now many had a feeling that their government was monitoring their calls. After the U.S. had established their foothold in the middle east, they have known that with the amount of negativity they were receiving…

Social Networking and Privacy Technology in the 21st century has forever changed the way in which people communicate and interact with each other. Many websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube allow us to capture and share all the great things such as experiences and memorable moments with friends. We can easily broadcast these great moments out to the rest of the world. However, along with the opportunities of sharing our information becoming ubiquitous, more and more people are getting…

WHAT IS CUSTOMER PRIVACY? Customer Privacy is a process of protecting and handling of sensitive personal information’s that individuals release in the course of doing their everyday business. This information’s can be gathered and exchanged with the use of telephone, online and even direct one on one with a company representative. But since the evolution of internet and other social electronic device of mass communication, I can boldly tell you that consumer privacy has become a very sensitive…

terrible idea. Privacy is something very important in the world and it's sad that my internet provider would even try to get me to sign that. Privacy has always been an issue in this world and when you think it's going to change because it's harder to be private in the world of the new age called the internet, well you're going to have a bad time. What if the company got hacked and all my information was lost? I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if this happened. The issue of privacy alone…

Is It A Violation of Privacy to Record and Publish Private Conversations? Chapter 6 of the textbook poses the question as to whether it is a violation of privacy to record and publish private recordings without the knowledge, or consent, of all of the parties involved. This question has been a matter of media ethics and law since the means to record audio or video has existed. This question is increasingly pertinent as incidents of non-consensual publishing of recorded activities continues to…