Electronic Communications Privacy Act

main difference between the three is the relationship with the public information network (internet).cybercrime is formulated as an act against the law that is done by using a computer network as a means / tool or computer as an object, whether to gain profit or not, to the detriment of other parties. "Cyberstalking" means the use of the Internet or other electronic means to harass a person, group of persons, or an organization.Cyberstalking is the…

Digitalization of Therapy: The Effects of Electronic Therapy as Opposed to Classic Face-to-Face Communication In the year 2013, the National U.S. Census claimed around 88% of the population in the United States resides in a household with a computer and 76% of households in the with a computer have high-speed internet access. Following the exponential development of the internet in the 1980’s came the invention of a newfound digitalized therapy. Electronic Therapy, e-therapy, emerged as a new…

Although the Constitution guarantees many rights, the Constitution does not guarantee the right to individual privacy. Because the US is a technologically enhanced country, government officials and other organizations can “tap on” their peoples’ personal lives and conversations through telephone calls, emails, and many other modes of communication. While many people would disagree that wiretapping protects individual lives, wiretapping should be permitted because the average individual’s phone…

protection of United States’ communication and information systems. Edward Snowden was an operative of this agency who had access to citizen’s social and private information. Edward Snowden is now seeking asylum in Russia, restricted from entering American soil or else he would be arrested for various reasons. In May of 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents of PRISM (Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management) which was an electronic surveillance program…

cumbersome and outdated methods of communication. However, smartphone and tablet use is raising serious questions as to potential legal and ethical issues and how well prepared providers are in regards to policy and procedures. Technological advancements, including the electronic medical record, have created new legal and ethical concerns related to security and privacy issues. Because nursing professionals must abide by the HealthInsurance Portability and Accountability Act…

and collaborative analysis that details the job duties of digital forensic investigators. The second portion of this paper dissects the methodology notating specific actions that are vital to the identification, preservation, and transportation of electronic evidence. Adherence to new and evolving protocols and behaviors take center stage in this reflection in order to ensure the importance of identification, preservation and collection in the forensic process is achieved. The summation of the…

the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed into law the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”) to limit the power of the Executive Branch for the secret surveillance activities. Hence, to protect citizen privacy, FISA requires the government to attest that "the objective" of the surveillance is to gather foreign intelligence information. However, the difference between electronics surveillance conducted for national security and law enforcement purposes erected a “wall”…

that are eligible can qualify for as much as $44,000 or even 63,750 through the Medicare Incentive Program. Axiomatically, even with the incentives most physicians who own small practices refuse to implement EHR. EHR’s has improved doctor-patient communication, patient care, practice…

ethics in association as most employees may not welcome such monitoring. Employees’ claims this type of surveillance is an infringement of their civil liberties and does violates of their privacy rights however; currently many types of electronic monitoring are allowed under the “The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 if employee consent has been obtained” (Barry 444). Currently, almost every institution require background checks and at the same time considerable number of employers…

state them in this section. The laws covering the internet are varied and quite complex in the United States with the financial system to the medical system heavily regulated. Starting off the Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is designed to protect investors and the public by increasing the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures. It was enacted after the high-profile Enron and WorldCom financial scandals of the early 2000s. It is administered by the…