Privacy law

“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…

files from the shooters phone. The FBI decided to go to Apple for help in getting those files. Unexpectedly Apple refused to decrypt the files and the FBI had to find another company. Apple should of helped the FBI even though it does invade the privacy of the people. The FBI was trying keep another attack from happening and Apple was just slowing them down. I think that Apple should of done it even though they didn’t have to because if the FBI couldn’t find another company then they wouldn’t…

David S. Levine, a professor at Elon University School of Law comments, “If you are doing a basic cost-benefit-analysis, there are gigantic costs and risks associated with this bill, with little or no upside on the very real issue of how to assess cyber espionage and cybersecurity issues,”. “I am not questioning…

negative tools that many places use for grocery shopping from evading consumer privacy, quick and easy access to information, taking away consumer options, and even taking out competitor companies. Technology is sometime negative in our society. It takes away from consumers, spy’s on the consumer, and can even change what consumers may want. To begin, this technology can be used as a negative tool by evading customer privacy. For example, many average grocery store shoppers, may go into a…

“Privacy has a politics.” This phrase can have different meanings to different people. In an excerpt titled “Privacy Has a Politics” from the article “Alone Together,” Sherry Turkle says this and explains her point with information pointing to the potential invasion of privacy. This phrase can simply mean that our information is not as private as we believe it is. First, there is a general belief that we are always being watched. Second, there is the knowledge of our information on the Internet…

sure you cite your sources. Boundary: The technique does cross a personal boundary without permission. According to Epic’s article Poverty and Privacy, information…

"The government monitoring everything you do on your computer has been a debate being discussed in recent years. Some citizens believe it is an invasion of privacy, but others deem it necessary for their protection. Another topic that has been recently brought to people_Ñés attention is cyberbullying, and whether or not the government is protecting people from it. Cyberbullying, or online harassment, does not have a specific definition people can accurately go by; it depends on the situation.…

agencies to access the data, which would be provided by the internet service. It is also known that around 35 Western countries worldwide have a legislation for their data retention schemes, which will make the community feel more assured with the law (Australian Government). There are many ways metadata is retrieved such as phone calls, emails and other technological appliances that utilize telecommunications companies. For example, an email will only give the email addresses and when it was…

The Truth About The iPhone Hack The tech giant Apple refused to disclose the security encryption key for the cell phone of the San Bernardino terrorist. The result was a court order filed against Apple by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Apples refusal to cooperate with the FBI was based on a controversial principle regarding the personal security of an estimated 100-million iPhone users around the world. The court order was lifted when a professional hacker stepped forward and broke the…

Personal privacy versus public security has been a big debate for a very long time. I can not remember a time when people were not worried about who was watching them or who has their information. Today it is even more of a debate because of the amount of personal information that is held within our phones and in databases that are not even known to the public. I argue that unless it is being used to make the country safer, the information that is roaming around the internet is dangerous;…