Electronic Communications Privacy Act

federal government under the National Security Agency and United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) were gathering intelligence for national and international terroristic defense by observing private information between individuals who happened to be legal citizens of either country, which debatably violates the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution (O’Neill, 2014) and the Human Rights Act of 1998 in the United Kingdom, therefore infringing upon other lawful…

because both of them hold record of medical files. Although the start of the journey of EMR and EHR have the same similarity toward the end of the road of its destination it is not the same. So what is the difference in EMR and HER? A EMR is an electronic version of charting a patient medical record and it contain all the information about the patient from medical record, doctor visit and many more. An EMR is very limited and can only be use inside the medical facility. While an EHR on the other…

With the onslaught of hacking and breaches in privacy by groups ranging from hacker cults to the NSA, individuals and corporations must take steps to protect themselves and their data to prevent any further damage. The impacts of coordinated hacking attacks are widespread and can affect any online services: ranging from PayPal to Sony’s PlayStation Network. A team of hackers, especially one with global support such as Anonymous advocate a policy called “hacktivism”. The concept of hacktivism…

Snowden has been charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and has stolen government property and can therefore be charged for up to 30 years in prison by the federal prosecutors in Virginia. He is on the run from the American authorities, and the White house spokesman, Jay Carney said, “he is not a human rights activist. He is not a dissident” (Herzenhorn, 2013). The National Secret Administration also claims that their programs are constitutional and that their aim is to protect…

had the capability to “secretly record phone calls and siphoned text messages and other data from a target’s phone, all of which customers of the software could view online” (Zetter 1). Not only did the threat of having phone calls and text message privacy invaded, the threat of the app also “allowed…

“Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet,” stated Gary Kovacs the president of several software companies (Kovacs). However, since the implementation of the Patriot Act in 2001, the loss of American privacy is one of the many results of the new set of revised laws that have been rewritten to give the government more freedom in observing our electronic fingerprint (“Surveillance Under the Patriot Act”). In their hurry to act on the…

A. Analyze one federal government payer program for healthcare services making an impact on today’s healthcare ecosystem. “The United States has a unique system of health care delivery and it is unlike any other system in the world” (Ch. 1, n.d.). Most other countries around the world have a form of health care that is run by the government and paid for through taxes. In the U.S., one must enroll through an employer, agent, etc., and most pay monthly premiums to be able to have access to…

The technological scrutiny that Americans are subjected to everyday has begun to infringe upon the privacy that many people value in ways that do not relate to terrorism, and in an essay titled Personal Information and Surveillance, the author states that “We are increasingly likely to be betrayed by our own appliances,” (Personal Information and Surveillance)…

medical data are not high-powered computing systems that can encrypt and decrypt medical data at ease. Difficulty in encrypting sensor data has opened up a door for hackers at various levels of data transmission. In the the report we have analyzed privacy and security issues for these IOT applications. Paper also talks about various regulations such as HIPAA which already are in place to prevent data breach due to IOT devices. Apart from technical difficulties in sensors to secure healthcare…

" In today’s world of electronic devices, our personal security is a major priority to many. With many terrorist attacks finding roots in social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, many people especially the victims and the victim’s loved-ones who search for retribution are usually defeated by the Communications Decency Act. On the other hand, some individuals such a white nationalist Richard Spencer are calling for federal government aid to protect individuals freedom of…