...WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Internet privacy policy: violations and regulations. Social media context Natalia Wójcik Index number: 51149 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Theoretical background…………………………………………………………...4 3. E-commerce and e-marketing influence on privacy violations…………….5 4. Social networking, Web 2.0……………………………………………………….7 5. Social media privacy policy………………………………………………………8 6. Privacy policy concerns based on a particular social media example….13 7. Process of implementation of social networking regulations…………….17 8. Conclusions and final remarks…………………………………………………22 9. Bibliography………………………………………………………………………..24 2 1.INTRODUCTION Throughout the last 20 years the role of the Internet has grown enormously is every individual’s life. The Internet has its roots in 1960, when the US government attempted to build robust, fault-tolerant and distributed computer networks. However, the beginning of the worldwide process of Internet expansion may be dated to 1980 and was triggered by the development of new networking technologies and mergers of many less significant networks with the financial support of the National Science Foundation and other private commercial funding. This led to further advancement in technological improvements and their incorporations as well as wider participation of ordinary users all over the world. The Web rapid expansion reaches back to the 90’. According to the Internet World Stats:...
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...February 07, 2016 To Consent or Not To Consent “ You have no privacy – get over it”, declared CEO of Sun Microsystems ( now Oracle) Scott McNealy in 1999; according to Parent (2007). When strong statements are made proclaiming consumer privacy is being compromised, that's justification for concerns. With on-line activities and communications on the rise, consumers need to be aware of what they are consenting to with the aide of government regulations. In the following paragraphs, we'll discuss consumer concerns, possible fixes to these issues and explain why further regulations are needed. Consumer awareness is very important. The majority of the time, consumers just click accept when gaining access to sites on-line. According to Meinert, Peterson, Criswell II, & Crossland (2006) consumers rarely read privacy policies. One reason for the lack of interest, could be the legal jargon written throughout the policies. Another reason for not reading policies is that in order to use the services being offered, you must agree to the terms and conditions. Once the terms are accepted, consumer privacies are being exploited. Data gathering or collecting starts when you agree to the terms of the consent policy (Farah, & Higby, 2001). Using cookies and a application called a sniffer, marketers gather data to build a profile of every consumer using their site. This anonymous data mining can be seen as a form of privacy violation. With these kind of tactics , it is not difficult to...
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...(HIPAA) was passed in 1996 by congress to ensure the protection and privacy of patient health information whether that be in a clinic, hospital, nursing facility, or dental office. The major focus of HIPAA is making sure that as patient information that is being shared whether by mail, phone, or electronically that information that is disclosed is protected. There is information that as healthcare providers we need to know to protect our patient rights and ourselves as the providers. HIPAA has implemented some new rights concerning health information of a patient called Protected Health Information (PHI). The privacy rule calls all “Individually identifiable health information”, PHI. We should also be aware that there is the possibility of being fined if there is a violation or breach to comply with the rules and regulations whether they are violated accidentally or purposely. If an employee violated a HIPAA regulation without knowledge of doing so than that employee can be fined 100 per violation with a maximum amount of 25,000. The maximum penalty is 50,000 per violation with an annual maximum amount of 1.5 million. No one wants to find themselves owing this kind of money and more importantly, we should care about our patient’s privacy enough to constantly be aware of how we handle their personal information. HIPAA regulations are there to protect the patient‘s privacy and the people that are involved with the patient directly are...
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...Argumentative Essay – Facebook Should the German Government strictly regulate Facebook and Google’s use of your information or is their use of your information simply the cost of your user access to their websites? Construct an argumentative essay to answer this question referencing the two articles you were given on the topic. This essay will argue that the German Government should strictly regulate the use of information by presenting arguments in favour of this thesis, debilitating a counter argument and referencing the articles “Facebook’s Targeted Ads Expand To The Web” by Vauhini Vara and “Germany’s War with Facebook and Google over Privacy” by Heather Horn. Facebook and its broad collection of Facebook user’s data rises privacy concerns. When a person registers, they agree with Facebook’s privacy agreement and allow them to use their data for customized ads and other apolitical purposes that are mentioned in the agreement. But also when someone isn’t registered logged in, Facebook tracks which sides this person visits and saves this data to present them with personalized ads – same as Google. Vara states that Facebook uses people’s names and friends to make an ad more believable. Here, there is the possibility to opt out by following a very difficult path through the personal settings. But this only means that the ads won’t be seen anymore. Facebook will still collect personal information and store all that data. It is really hard to get insight in that process and...
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...supplier. Therefore, federal regulatory agencies have ebeen created to establish and enforce legal, safety and regulatory requirements. In an effort to originate these regulations, the federal government has established the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Department of Homeland Security. Legal Regulations Legal regulations about topics such as wage requirements, work hour requirements, and medical or family leave time is enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor. One example of this agency's oversight is the provision of protected break times for breastfeeding mothers. According to "U.S. Department Of Labor" (2014), "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended section seven of the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child’s birth each time such employee has the need to express the milk" (Wage and Hour Division: Break Time for Nursing Mothers). Signed into law on March 23, 2010, this regulation also requires employers to provide a place that is free from intrusion (not a bathroom) which employees may use to express breast milk ("U.S. Department of Labor", 2014). Safety Regulations Safety in the workplace is a concern of workers, managers, and consumers. Everyone's safety must be considered, regardless of their level of ability or...
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...don't realize the dangers is because the events which are less sensitive to the management of the company's employees are not important in regulating confidentiality of data and information systems. As we can see from the case there are several examples of the proposed event where there's less rigorous regulation in the supervision of information systems within the company. Most of the issues described in the case are simple little issues such as emailing customer credit card numbers and such but I would have definitely have seen these issues but the lapse of these company have cost them security wise. The best way for organizations to strike the right balance between monitoring and invading their employees' privacy would be to evaluate each employees based on their activities. Have each employee make a report of their activities while the company is monitoring them as well the companies should put trust in their employees to report everything they're doing and when it is time to evaluate them cross compare what has been monitored and what the employees have reported. The consequence biased to one side would be if the company were to engage in just invading employee privacy there could be massive repercussions such as the company being sued etc. The other components are people security, establishing ethical behavior in the company, and managers taking the initiative to stop any leakage in the company. The human factor in is the stronger point in this situation its...
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...Regulation Plan for Alumina Inc. LAW531 21 March 2011 Mr. Majid Safaie Regulation Plan for Alumina Inc. Regulatory risk, by definition, is a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government [ (Unabridged, 2009) ]. To avoid this risk, Alumina Inc, must be proactive in their approach to legal analysis, marketing, public relations, and various other elements of business. Alumina, Inc also needs to be aware of regulatory policies, legal responsibilities, public information requirements and the various policies and procedures that may be applicable to their operation and the possible consequences facing them for failure to comply with government regulations. In cases of noncompliance, guidelines need to be in place for responding to allegations, both publically and to the government. The goal of Alumina, Inc is to avoid these situations and maintain their operation at optimal tempo, avoiding all unnecessary dealings with regulatory agencies, while staying mindful of potential problems. By identifying regulatory risks, Alumina, Inc is able to manage these risks on their own terms and avoid being caught off guard by regulatory changes or minor offenses. Preventive measures fall to the legal department, research and development, and marketing elements. This collaborative and preventive effort will ensure that each department has the knowledge to maintain itself according...
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...Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles. Domestic Drones are drones that are used by government agencies and commercial companies. They operate like homeland security drones and law enforcement drones. They can be highly weaponized. Within the next decade, the Federal Aviation Administration will enact a law that regulates UAVs. The government should regulate drones that are on government property and other state regulated sites. One of the main reasons for this is public safety. The uses of drones can invade private property and space. Drones are being used for law enforcement purposes, but will be regulated if the FAA enacts a law. Public safety is a major reason for the laws and regulations that the FAA makes. The FAA was established after two planes collided in mid-air, killing 128 people. “The FAA said its mission was safety” (Berry). The FAA is focusing all of their resources and time to improve safety of the aeronautics industry then why are they making the slowest decision about this. “A study by the European Aviation Safety Agency warns that if the current accident rate suffered by remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) – or drones – remained unchanged the spike in collision rates between drones and manned aircraft would be ‘unacceptable.’”(Turner). Europe would have a 400% increase in life threatening crashes if the accident-prone technology was allowed to operate in its airspace. If that same thing were to occur in the U.S, then the FAA would have to create laws to prevent...
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...Question: 3.27 More and more regulations have immerged in to the market since an increase in financial crises have come into the existence. Attention has been drawn into the debate between those who support or call more regulations of the private sector to protect public goods and those who argue for reducing or eliminating such regulations which are based on regulations would do further damage to the economy by restricting business. Another important area to be considered is about the regulations been captured. The theory of regulatory capture or capture theory argues that although regulations might be introduced to the aim of protecting the public interest, it will not be ultimately achieved because in the process of introducing regulations the organizations that are subjected to the regulation will finally come to control the regulators. There is ample evidence to prove that regulatory capture is taken place in a variety of forms. The scenario of Dr. Batterhams role is reviewed in this regard. Dr. Batterham was the chief scientist and mean while he held the position of chief technologist for Rio Tinto. This dual role made the senate committee to recommend the position of federal governments chief scientist should be full time after the found there was a conflict of interest between the two job roles. The role of chief scientist also included to assist in assuring the public interest in science and technology is converged to national priority issues . Every individual on...
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...and time, when you do business via the Internet, you're most likely dealing on an international level. This makes things trickier but for argument sake, as a whole, I believe self-regulation is best for the online business industry. I think that private sectors can adapt to changes more quickly than so with government regulations. So really in the end, even if you vote for government regulations, you almost have to somewhat go by the ethical codes established by trade individuals and professions (to an extent) otherwise you'll fall behind if you're waiting on regulations implemented by the government to catch up. On the issue of fraud and deceptiveness from perpetrators, that's virtually going to happen in any industry. Whether you are strictly a brick-and-mortar store, have somewhat of an online presence, or you are a full online business, you're going to have be schemed by someone, no matter if its government regulated or self-regulated. A few years ago, a local restaurant's credit card portal was compromised from a group of hackers several states away. This is proof that your privacy can be compromised without dealing with e-business, as this business had strictly a brick-and-mortar presence. Personally, when dealing with online businesses, I only use business that I know will protect my privacy. Primarily, businesses that I'm used to, or that take PayPal. I've had my bank account hacked into before via a site that was compromised. It only took one time to learn my lesson...
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...The functional differences between a regulatory agency and a professional organization are as follows: A regulatory agency is usually a state governmental agency that is created by law to protect the public by enforcing the laws and regulations as they pertain to registered nurses. These agencies help to enforce the nursing practice act and the education requirements, licensure, laws, and discipline as written in the act ("Board of Nursing: Laws, Rules and Policies," 2015). A professional nursing organization is the “voice of nursing” ("Statement of Purpose," 2016, p. 1) For instance the American Nurses Association (ANA) gives feedback and recommendations to state regulatory agencies for process improvements along with new laws and regulations. They help make sure that there is plenty of well-educated and adequately trained nurses to meet the needs of the people while supporting the entire nursing population throughout the United States. Between theses to groups for my practice they make sure I am properly licensed and properly educated to do my job. They also keep me in my practice informed of important practice changes and offer numerous educational opportunities. The first provision I am going to choose is, 3.1 Protection of the Rights of Privacy and Confidentiality (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & O’Connor Swanson, 2015, p. 270). I feel very strongly about this provision and it is one that applies to my practice every day with every patient and their family. A clinical example of...
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...business is starting up there are several legal statuses that I can have which are; Legal Aspects; * My legal status: Sole trader * Legal liability: Unlimited liability * Trading terms and conditions: Being owner of the business this means that I can do as I wish and go against the terms and conditions which I have set for my business, for example of a term would be the closure of the shop at 9pm A sole trader owned company is a business which is owned just by one person. There are several disadvantages and advantages when being a sole trader. Being a sole trader will mean that a lot of the businesses work will be on one person’s shoulders. This means there will be a lot of pressure and stress on the single person. Having privacy within a company is highly important, being a sole trader means that you have full control of the business and its financial incomes, this means that other companies don’t have access to your information. Also there are fewer legal restrictions so this will allow the business to be more flexible. However, hours are generally longer and working alone may mean that they will need more acquired skills for their business. Also there is no obligation when it comes to sharing profits. I have chosen to be a sole trader because as my business is small I feel like it would cause less complications then if I was to start as a partnership. Partnership A Partnership is where a business is generally owned by a minimum of two people. The responsibilities...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Human Resource (HR) managers have a daunting responsibility in the workplace He or she must maintain a balance between a company’s agenda and employee rights, which is not always easy. It is essential that an HR manager is aware of the numerous laws and regulations in place, such as employment laws regulated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) which include discrimination of any kind, as well as safety regulations, privacy issues, and overall fair treatment of all workers. It would be nice to say that common sense and compassion rule the day in the health care industry, but it has been the author’s experience that is not always the case. For instance, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential in some circumstances, but invariably there will be someone who will have to be told to use PPE, such as goggles or gloves, in a dangerous situation. Common sense would dictate an automatic response toward protection, however certain individuals need guidance. Compassion in the workplace seems to be reserved for the consumer and not the worker, otherwise there would be no such thing as harassment laws. Common Sense and Compassion have been replaced by Litigation There may have been a time when this statement was not true, but unfortunately that time has passed. When a look is taken at all the regulatory boards and government agencies, involved in employee issues, it is clearly a “sign of the times” we live...
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...Information Technology Acts Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999 Can what happened during the Great Depression ever happen again? They are not sure. As a country, they have taken steps to decrease the extent of damage something like this could ever do again. The technological systems used today for tracking, maintaining, and storing data are much more complex, complicated, of larger capacity, and in need of complex laws to protect the information. To understand the full reasoning behind the need for this act we can look at what happened during the great depression. At that time, there were banks participating in brokerage and investment services without any oversight or regulation. When the Great Depression happened the impact it had on society, individuals, families, the economy, and the nation itself was of significant magnitude. Many people, companies, and businessmen lost everything they owned, their lives savings gone forever; banks closed and went bankrupt. Some men took their own lives over the monumental financial loss. In 1933 Congress passed the Glass-Steagall Act that prohibited commercial banks from taking these additional risks with security transactions. This helped protect people who kept their lives savings and earnings with the bank. Decades later while struggling during economic turns, financial leaders believed that if businesses could collaborate it would give them profitable divisions during downturns’ and therefore escape major losses...
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...Question 1 After a judgment is entered in favor of plaintiff, what may the plaintiff seek if the defendant refuses to pay? |Answer |a. |a writ of certiorari | | |b. |a writ of rejoinder | | |c. |a writ of habeas corpus | | |d. |a writ of execution | | |e. |a writ of remuneration | 2 points Question 2 After a judgment is entered in favor of plaintiff, what may the plaintiff seek if the defendant refuses to pay? |Answer |a. |a writ of certiorari | | |b. |a writ of habeas corpus | | |c. |a writ of rejoinder | | |d. |a writ of payment | | |e. |none of the other choices | 2 points Question 3 A court order to an official, such as the sheriff, to seize the property of the defendant to satisfy a judgment is known as a: |Answer |a. |writ of certiorari | | |b. |writ of law | | |c. |writ of execution | | |d. |writ of rejoinder | | |e. |writ of payment | 2 points Question 4 A court order for a certain amount of a debtor's paycheck to be paid on a regular basis to the winner of a court judgment is called: |Answer |a. |writ...
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