Electronic Communications Privacy Act

al-Qaeda, launched a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks against targets inside the United States. Terrorism, which is the deliberate act of using terror in order to advance one’s political agenda, is one of the most well-known threats to the American way of life. The American government, has several agencies which specialize in countering acts of terrorism inside the United States, such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Despite their efforts, the United States government failed to protect…

Background 9/11 U.S. debates security vs. privacy 12 years after 9/11 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/10/us-debates-security-vs-privacy-12-years-after-911/2796399/ http://today.uconn.edu/2015/09/privacy-security-and-the-legacy-of-911/ On September 11, 2001 the world witness one of the most horrific events that will change the world history. The United was under the eyes of the world. Twelve years later leaders of the United States are trying to manage and constantly seeking…

Losing Privacy to Capture Criminals With the loss of privacy becoming an uncompromising way of the future, the internet and electronic devices has become an asset in capturing criminals. The loss of privacy has affected all users; the ordinary citizen that is not involved in criminal activities has suffered a loss of privacy as well. This loss of privacy has thwarted terror attacks on United States (US) soil, helped catch thieves of small petty crimes all the way to federal crimes such as…

congress quickly threw out our fourth amendment rights by passing the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to combat the rise of terrorism and to keep up with the advancement of technology, the National Security Agency was expanded to be able to spy on most forms of electronic communication, including phone calls, text messages, and emails, domestically by the 2001 Patriot Act. Despite what the name implies, the Patriot Act is a blatant violation of our constitutional right hidden under the veil of…

believe in, even if that means standing alone. When Edward Snowden found out that there was an unacceptable violation of privacy being committed by the NSA, he did what he found to be the right thing which was to give awareness to the public about this issue. Snowden discovered that the NSA was conducting surveillance of hundreds of millions of Americans’ electronic communications, including phone calls, text messages and emails. He was able to get access to this information and transmitted it…

Confidentiality, Privacy, Privilege, Informed Consent a. Define the terms privacy, privilege, confidentiality, and informed consent. How do they differ from each other? Privacy, confidentiality, informed consent and privilege all differ from each other in some way. Privacy is the condition of being free from unauthorized intrusion, confidentiality is allowing people to know something on a need to know basis. Informed consent is getting the permission from a person to do so some type of act, and…

US government was afraid an attack would happen again. So in a panic, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed in the Senate on October 25 2001, just 45 days after the attack with a vote of 98:1. The USA PATRIOT Act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The purpose behind its name was that it deemed anyone who violated the PATRIOT Act unpatriotic or a traitor to the United States. Its intent was to give the FBI and NSA…

Privacy Laws and Social Media: Society Encased in a Paradoxical Struggle During the process of researching the subject of social media, I encountered several articles that discussed the topic of privacy. The authors of these articles discussed that the rise in technological advancements led to an increase of information being shared online. This topic intrigued me and it led to me researching further. This topic piqued my interest further as social media was the cause of privacy laws being…

Stored Communications Act. The results of this case was, “a free speech victory for every citizen reporter who uses the Internet to distribute news, today's decision is a profound electronic privacy victory for everyone who uses email,” said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. The court upheld that under federal law, civil litigants can not subpoena stored information from service providers.…

needed to understand new methods of nursing informatics related to patients electronic records and the use of electronic communication for healthcare organizations. Nurse executive must make a commitment to the education of not only potential risk, but also ensuring the proper use of nursing informatics whether related to proper use of email or transmission of electronic health records (EHR) and many other uses of electronic protected health information. If we can assure these are being done…