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What are some Privacy Issue concerns in the word place?


-Employers seach social networking sites


-Employee monitoring systems

What is the most common way to index and link databases?
By using social security numbers
When did the U.S. government begin linking databases?

1977
What is the 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act?

Issues involving both the user's and organization's responsibilities and liabilities.
What are "acceptable use policies"?

-Set of rules specifying the legal and ethical use of a system and the consequences of noncompliance.
What is "Accountability" regarding web and network privacy?

-Issues involving both the user's and the organization's responsibilities and liabilities.
What is "Nonrepudiation"?

-Method for binding all the parties to a contract
What are the hardware or software controls used for?

-Determine what personal information is provided on the web.
What is Spam?


-Unsolicited e-mail sent for advertising purpose


-Sent in bulk by using automated mailing software

What is the "ease of access" concern?


-People should assume that other have access to their messages


-Any e-mails sent on company-owned computers are the property of the organization

Why are many customers reluctant to make online purchases?


-Concerns about hackers getting access to their credit card numbers



What are Cookies


-Small text files with a unique ID tag


-Embedded in a web browser


-Saved on the user's hard drive


-Many users disable cookies

What are log files?


-Generated by Web server software


-Record a user's actions on a Web site

What does Ethics mean?

Doing the right things.
What opportunities do Information Technology offer for unethical behavior

-Cybercrime, cyberfraud, identity theft, & intellectual property theft
what are the ten commandments of Computer Ethics


1-Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people


2-Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work


3-Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files


4-Thou shalt not use a computer to steal


5-Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness


6-Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid


7-Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization


8-Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output


9-Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write


10- Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect



How is public information limited on the Web?

it can be censored for public policy reasons
How is private information on the web censored?

It is not, due to constitutional freedom of expression.
What is Intellectual property?

-Protections that involve copyrights, tademarks, trade secrets, and patents for "creations of the mind" developed by people or businesses
Intellectual property can be divided into what two categories?


Industrial property & Copyrighted material




What are examples of Industrial property


-Inventions


-Trademarks


-Logos


-Industrial Designs


What are examples of Copyrighted material?

-Literary and artistic works


-May apply to online materials


-Exceptions under Fair Use Doctrine

What is Trademark?

-rotects product names and identifying marks
What is a Patent?

Something that protects new processes
What is Cybersquatting

-Registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else's trademark
Digital Divide
divide between the information rich and the information poor
What is the impact of information technology in the workplace?

It has taken some jobs away, but it has also created many new ones as well.
What are the potential benefit to drawback ratio regarding telecommuting?

There are far more potential benefits than drawbacks.
What are Virtual Organizations?

-Networks of independent companies, suppliers, customers, and manufactuerers
What is VDTs?

Video Display Terminals.

What is Video Display Terminals?


-Healthy problems associated with the environment in which computers are used


-No conclusive study

What is Green Computing?

Computing that promotes a sustainable environment and consumes the least amount of energy