Privacy policy

In this day of age, technology is apparent everywhere. When it comes to personal privacy, technology is used for most day to day things in life helping us with tasks otherwise difficult. Technology can be used as surveillance to keep us safe, but are drawbacks to this though. As much as we would want to think that our privacy is being protected by technology, it could instead be exploited by companies if they're willing to pay the price for the information. Two articles talking about this issue,…

Blown to Bits Chapter 2 showed us how private the digital world is. Headline spoke upon different types about privacy around the globe. The main topic was Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID). The topic entirely went into detail about how it knows almost everything about a person or company. This Chapter reveled benefits, effects of technology being in our private lives and the change it has had on our society as a whole. Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID) transfer data is it…

Privacy Of American Citizens Will government in the future watch our every move more than they do now? In his novel 1984, George Orwell states that government will watch us through various objects. Whether this is to be true only time and various presidential elections will tell. However there is some proof that you as a country are stepping forward into those directions. First, look at this quotation in Orwell's novel 1984, its talks about their police officers peeping into “their” homes…

Should we be concerned about surveillance throughout the places we go? If so, why? Is it not meant to keep us safe? These are the questions I asked myself as I walked along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. This street, along with Broadway street in Downtown Los Angeles, hold an important piece of history due to the fact that many significant events have occurred there. The 1970 Chicano Moratorium, for example, took place on Whittier Boulevard and immigration rallies have taken place in…

The recent changes and precedents in privacy, search law and technology adequately achieve a balance between individual and collective rights. Every individual should know the limit to their right, leading into the idea that citizens should be well know-ledged about the rights they are guaranteed. This does not mean memorizing the Charter, but it does mean knowing that the rights may be infringed under specific circumstances with a justification. An individual should be aware as to when their…

communities. However, should Americans' give up their privacy to fulfill these obligations? How far should the government go to safeguard its citizens? I believe that all Americans should be able to live freely and comfortably within their own environment and country. Regardless of how hectic the world gets, the government has to find a healthy balance between protecting the country and also protecting it's citizens right to privacy. Privacy is more important than national security because it…

Imagine that you found out, after years of oblivion, that your phone calls, every day, were being monitored by a government organization. You would probably feel as though you had been invaded, you would feel like your privacy had been taken away, and you would wonder what you had done wrong. What laws had you broken to be investigated in such an invasional way? You would not think you had anything to hide, but you would still feel uncomfortable. But then imagine that you find out that you did…

Harlan Coben argues in his op-ed, “The Undercover Parent” (2008) that parents should use spyware to monitor their children’s online without being an invasion of their privacy, though it may be uncomfortable for them to do so. He writes in an informal tone for parents of teens who use the Internet at home for his purpose to inform parents of the dangers of the Internet in order to increase their children’s protection online. I disagree with Coben’s case about how parents should monitor their…

however, should not be subjected to unwanted spying. According to Harvard Law Review by Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, privacy is “the right to be let alone,” meaning freedom from all forms of surveillance and privacy-invasive behavior. Privacy protects the reputations of individuals. It also protects minorities from unwanted searches and accusations. Privacy should be kept intact even for sake of security. One of the main supporting arguments for security is that if an individual has…

PRIVACY! You wonder? “What do you mean privacy?” It is exactly what you think. But now imagine if you knew that everyday at some point. your privacy and information is being spread without you knowing or your consent. Well, it is true. Our laws and ways of keeping Healthcare patients and other Health related information hidden and safe in respect of that person's Privacy is old and needs to be safer and more Efficient. In Ademola Adesina’s article "Ensuring the Security and Privacy of…