Electronic Privacy Information Center

applications to collect communications in specific cases, to issuing blanket approvals of sweeping data collection programs affecting millions of Americans.Under today’s foreign intelligence surveillance system, the government’s ability to collect information about ordinary Americans’ lives has increased exponentially while judicial oversight has been reduced to…

breaches that could occur force a thorough assessment prior to final recommendations. HIPPA: HITECH Rules HIPPA is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It covers different aspect of the health care system such as HITECH: “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2013). Part of the assessment is to understand the key employees and transactions regulated through the HIPAA/ HITECH rules. First part of…

predictive analytic technology. The two governments of Oceana and the United States, both utilize technology and authorizing figures to constantly surveillance their citizens. In The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose between Privacy and Freedom? Brin opens the…

medical center, there are almost 3,000 patient safety policies (JH, personal communication, April 30, 2016). Additionally, this medical center subscribes to a policy database service which has almost 1000 different procedures for patient safety, with approximately 100 different checklists, and over 75 quick lists (JH, personal communication, April 30, 2016). This one medical center illustrates the size and complexity of this policy category. Other hospitals struggle with this mass of information…

Social Media and Privacy. Social Media refers to the interaction between people, using a variety of web based technologies to create an interactive platform where individuals and groups engage with each other in productive and sometimes not-so-productive activities. The advent of the internet age has brought about a sea change in relations and the way we conduct business. Today the physical boundaries between nations and people have been blurred with passage of information being just a click…

consistently staring at their electronics, leaving the friends unsatisfied from their vacation. In a digital world where social networking sites…

pen and paper to communicate making many of them unfamiliar with the concept of formal letter writing. Formal letter writing is writing a letter from one individual to another with the aim of applying for a job, sending apologies, or inquiry of information that may be in need of communication. Various technological and social developments have caused a decline in formal letter writing which was a major way of communication in the past. For instance, in the 1980s Mrs.Pacheco, current U.S…

Brief History of Telemedicine The American Telemedicine Association defines telemedicine as, “the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status.” However, the definition differs according to the source and varies from state to state. While the terms telemedicine and telehealth have definitions that differ somewhat depending on the source, the two terms are used interchangeably. Telemedicine can be used…

Rebecca McKenney Information Ethics Doctor Yaw 27 April 2018 Hacktivism In a world that is increasingly becoming electronic, there are bound to be people who attempt to use it for their own advantage through hacking. However, some of these people attempt to use their skills for the greater good of society as a means of civil disobedience. But even if hackers have the best intentions in mind, should hacktivism be considered as an act of civil disobedience? In order to understand the answer to the…

It might display, activity logs, login information, emails, databases, internet history, documents or files and images (Solomon et al., 2011). These can later prove to be incriminating. To properly get hold of and transfer the computer, I initially photographed the anterior and posterior, the…