Privacy law

This information provides evidence, to an extent, that the school district knew what they were doing was wrong. The actions of the school district show a trend in American society, which extends up to the federal government, of violating individual privacy for some sort of protection. While protection may not have been the reason that the school district gave for spying on students, the actions are similar to those of Baltimore when using the eye in the sky and by the Untied States federal…

for marketing, they are also using it to look at current employees or potential candidates. It very debatable, whether it is the employer’s right to know what they are posting, or is it the employee’s right to privacy. Should the employer be held accountable for breaching the employee’s privacy that is involved in social media? This is hard question to answer, and depending on which side you are on, you may have a different reasoning. However, you may be thinking that you can have your posts on…

may seem simple; since drugs are generally viewed negatively, why are there not standardized drug testing procedures? Ethical implications such as invasion of privacy and testing without a probable cause prevent this from happening. Since the 1980’s when the war on drugs…

public does not view drones in a good light, which they do not to date, there will be more strict laws and more no drone zones—even if the UAV industry is able to provide hard evidence that drones are useful in information gathering. There have been some scholarly articles written about drone safety and their place in society. One of the best is by Wells C. Bennett, titled Civilian Drones, Privacy, and the Federal-State Balance. It discusses the hazards of drones and how the United States has…

can now be done on a computer in the comfort of one’s home. So what keeps more people from embracing e-commerce? Fear. Naturally, many have fear that their personal data is not secure and their identities will be hacked. They are afraid their privacy will be breached and unsolicited malfeasors will bury them in spam. Perhaps they have tried to do business online, but have found the website difficult to navigate. They may have questions about products, but no way to get answers. There are,…

Zukina(2012) is also concerned with privacy in behavioral adverting. The article evaluates the FTC’s role and provides information about possible measures for regulation. A weakness against the article is there are a few statements that are unfounded. For example, Zukina believes behavioral advertising operates under the Network Advertising and Digital Advertising Alliance and not the FTC (Zukina, 2012, pg. 277). The Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance have provided…

Nicholas Carr addresses the impact losing online privacy has on society. Using multiple examples of extracting personal data, Carr informs the reader of how easy it can be to overstep internet boundaries in the modern world. Online companies or advertisers use computerized algorithms for profit, predicting who we are, what we are doing, and where we are going. Behind fervent research and analysis, Carr forms a strong opposition towards the lack of online privacy and the dangers it poses for…

password; a hacker now has all the information they need to steal that person’s identity stored all on that individual’s computer. That is why there are privacy laws that set out to guard this information. The bulk of the rules regulating the protection of personal privacy by federal agencies come from two laws, the Privacy Act of 1974 and the privacy provisions of…

Direct Quote Would you rather risk national security or your own personal privacy? Right now that is the question for all Apple users. The FBI is requiring Apple to create a software to get passed the auto-erase feature on the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooters. They believe that there is important information on their phone about other terrorists. Kurt Opsahl, general counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based digital rights non-profit explains that “the…

In Orwell’s 1984 the country of Oceania privacy is non-existing. Everything is monitored either by cameras inside "telescreens" or hidden microphones used to control Anti-Party actions. This is similar to America's government, in today's society, everyone is subject to the possibility of being spied on by the government through the vast amount of cameras we face in our everyday lives. But how are we supposed to acknowledge this to be a problem when we are so willingly and blindly contributing to…