...Google and Privacy Google, the popular search engine, has become an invaluable resource in the lives of many. The search engine’s ability to turn the chaotic warehouse of information that is the Web into a categorized and navigable tool has propelled Google to its current position at the heart of modern technological culture. Yet, Google has not been able to fly under the radar in terms of privacy. While its services are greatly valued, they are also the target of a significant amount of criticism. The right to privacy is a great individual concern and considering that there are over a billion unique Google users, the issue of possible privacy invasion is both an important and immediate one (citation). The privacy debate is complicated, however, by the fact that Google has deemed the traditional understanding of privacy invasion as outdated. By providing a valuable service that users trust at the risk of possible privacy invasion, Google has changed the way in which one thinks about privacy invasion. Experts agree that Google has an ability to attract users’ trust and information based on the benefits of the service it provides. According to Kevin Bankston, Google is expecting us to trust it (Mitchell 1). This complicates the privacy debate in that formerly potential privacy invasion was neither willingly entered into nor beneficial in any way. Michael Zimmer credits the convenience of Google as the reasoning for users’ unwavering trust and disclosure (citation). Meanwhile...
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...Page 21 – 26. Questions 1 – 5. 1. The difference between government invasion of privacy and parental invasion of privacy is that parental invasion of privacy is per, meaning it isn’t a government official looking at what you are writing, it is a loved one. The government is probably not going to care if you sneak out at midnight to make-out with a classmate. 2. “An invasion of privacy is permissible if and only if…” there is due cause. If a child is not talking, has issues at school and home, I don’t have an issue with an invasion of privacy. Although, personally, I think you seek therapy first because if the invasion of privacy fails or your child finds out about the invasion of privacy, they may shut you out more than they already are. 3. Try talking with your child first and see if they will open up. Also, as I previously...
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...reasonably expect to have privacy? Employee’s expect to have a reasonable amount privacy in the work place at least in their own work space but today that may not be all possible due to electronic Surveillance . Employees are becoming increasingly concerned about their privacy as their employers are monitoring them electronically more closely than ever before. Still employees expect to have privacy at the lunch area, bathrooms and lockers. Besides those places the employee has little or almost no privacy within the company. Electronic monitoring allows an employer to observe what employees do on the job and review employee communications, including e-mail and Internet activity, often capturing and reviewing communications that employees consider private. Video monitoring is common in many work environments to maintains security, by monitoring employees and to deter theft. There are laws set in place to also protect the privacy tof employee’s personnel records, including personal data, medical information and health status, social security numbers, background screenings information, financial and everything else that could invade a persons privacy. Is Herman's need to know whether his salespersons are honest a sufficient ground for utilizing electronic surveillance? The answer probably depends on whether there are alternative methods of ascertaining the honesty of salespersons that are less invasive of the employees' privacy. For example, Herman could...
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...months ago a U.S. government contractor, Edward Snowden, revealed that the U.S. has been collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers. It also revealed that Canada is doing the same. Last week the head of Canada’s communication and surveillance agency (CSEC&CSIS0) testified in front of the Canadian senate that it has been collecting data in public places like airports and hotels. This data called Meta data. Metadata shows information like the location and telephone numbers of all calls a person makes and receives. It also tracks the Wi-Fi data. It does not include what is being said in the call. 1. Is the collection of metadata by Canada’s spy agency against our social justice? Is this an invasion of our privacy? 2.The head of the spy’s agency says that they don’t collect data of Canadians, just foreigners going through our public places because terrorists hide in public places, though many times foreigners call or email Canadians and that information is collected. If this is all for the security of Canadians and foreigners are the targets, shouldn’t this be okay? 3.Can u suggest any other legal way to spy on Canadians to secure the country and its people? Answers- My Father 1. I believe this is an invasion to our privacy. However, it is necessary in order to catch the terrorists before they commit a crime. 2.I believe it should be allowed. A person who is not guilty should have nothing to hide. If the government is inadvertently...
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...shall not be searched without a warrant or probable cause. In today’s day and age, we use the Internet daily and it is embedded into our daily lives, even so much that when we first wake up we go to check our phones. With new technological innovations, the Internet is expanding more and more every day, but with these new expansions, how can we be sure that our privacy is protected as well? The U.S government currently monitors our internet usage to protect the citizens of the United States, however, I believe that state and local governments should not be allowed to monitor people unless there is a dire circumstance....
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...Focusing on the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, and also looking back on 9/11, one can see that terrorism is a very current issue. After 9/11, the Patriot Act was put in to place trying to help secure the protection of Americans. In years following the start of the Patriot Act, people began claiming it as an invasion of privacy and individual rights. With the news of the Paris terrorist attack, which ISIS has claimed as their own, people and governments around the world are nervous about what the future holds. The focus on the precautions and laws that will continue to invade our privacy as terrorism continues around the world will be better understood by looking at past terrorist attacks. Comparing the recent acts of terrorism and...
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...is used by Oceania’s government (Big Brother) to provide propaganda and detecting conspiracy. This perceiving instrument has long affected the behavior of Oceania’s citizens.“The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained...
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...Home through Technology In this section I will argue that home in Minority Report (51) fails to be established due to the invasion of technology. I will achieve this by looking at three aspects of the film that depict the loss of home. I have chosen this film as it clearly depicts a technologically advanced world, where privacy has been lost. Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, is partially based on the novel Minority Report (ref), written by Philip K. Dick in 1956. The film depicts Washington D.C. in the year 1954. It focuses on John Anderton, who uses precognitive images in order to stop crimes before they happen. The city is an extension of home that leads to the loss of autonomy. This is achieved through eye recognition scanners that are placed throughout the built environment. They are used constantly to identify individuals and are seen in department stores, offices and within people’s ‘homes’. Therefore, constant interaction between technology and the individual takes place. The significance of being recognised regularly in a public space is used to make the individual feel comfortable and familiar, notions of home. The city can therefore be seen as an extension of domesticity. However, this creates blurred lines between the city and home in the sense of a single building. However, this creates a digital invasion of home evidently shown by the pursuing of Anderton through the city (‘home’) by the authorities. In this scene the retinal...
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...Sub Point 1: What is the NSA; I’m going to begin by telling you a little about what the NSA is. The NSA better known as the National Security Agency is the main producer and manager of the signals intelligence for the United States. The NSA is responsible for the protection of U.S. government. The NSA is tasked with monitoring on targeted individuals in the U.S. But the NSA doesn’t just spy on targeted individuals; they spy on every U.S. citizen, they even spy on world leaders. They can spy on anyone around the world, and they can do this through social media, the internet and phones. I will explain this in more detail later. Ok so now that I’ve talked about what the NSA is, I will tell you guys how it is possible that the NSA is spying on us. Well to begin, the NSA spying program started back when George Bush was the president of the United States, the spying started right after nine eleven, this was in 2001 and that is 13 years ago so consider how long they have been spying. And it only got worse because technology developed, social media got bigger and smartphones were introduced. They wanted to keep the spying private but look how that turned out. The NSA monitored people whom the government thought were related to the Al Qaeda. Soon this led to spying on innocent and harmless civilians of the U.S. and all over the world. Sub Point 2: The Internet...
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...should ensure they are educated in local, state, and federal laws, and regulations. To protect its reputation and assets, it is critical that businesses have a plan in place to address tort and regulatory risks. Preventative, Detective, and Corrective Measures A preventative plan should include procedures that make businesses aware of regulations and liability torts they could encounter. The company business plan should also include actions to take in the event of a government regulation violation or tort liability. The plan should identify possible torts for non-compliance to government laws and regulations. Other issues that should be in the plan include health risks to employees, consumers, and the public. Companies should delegate a team of individuals to educate employees. This team should fully understand laws and regulations and also keep management abreast of new issues as they develop in the industry. Common Torts and Risks Negligence, defamation/slander/libel, invasion of privacy, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and strict liability are tort liabilities uncovered after reviewing the Alumina Inc. Business Regulation Simulation. Negligence Negligence, the most common and most popular business tort, occurs when the tortfeasor (Alumina, Inc.) does not intend the consequences of the act (West’s Business Law, 2004). In Alumina’s case, Kelly Bates (plaintiff) claims Alumina did not comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) legal limits...
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...“PRIVACY INVASION IN FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS” RUSELLE ALFECHE ARVEY JAYE CABAUATAN JOSHUA DELA CRUZ 2:00 – 3:30/ TTH CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Having online accounts is common to every individual today. Most have established their social life in the internet. However cyber bullying is very common. In 2011, Zottola and Tenenbaum explain how a person can destroy your privacy on the internet. Some Kidnapped because of the information see in one’s personal account on the internet. The problem of many online users’ right now is how to avoid the so-called “privacy invasion” particularly on Facebook and Twitter. According to Tagvoryan & Briones in 2009, the explosion of social networking sites on the Internet has raised many questions regarding this expectation of privacy for users. Recent legal developments around the world provide insights into the future interpretation of the Fourth Amendment’s “expectation of privacy” as it applies to the users of these websites. Hughes, Horn, Debatin and Lovejoy in 2009 illustrates particularly how useful Facebook and Twitter for viewing this evolving legal landscape, two of the most popular social networking sites. Specific privacy concerns of online social networking include inadvertent disclosure of personal information, damaged reputation due to rumors and gossip, unwanted contact and harassment...
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...Privacy Policies and Laws Debate XCOM/285 Essentials of Managerial Communication When thinking about privacy laws and policies, it is safe to clearly state that I am for them. Many people feel that some employers go over board when it comes to this kind of thing but in this age of technology, having privacy polices is not only right it is essential to maintain the respect of the people who work for and with people. There is much evidence that even with privacy policies in place the some employees still use company communications for personal use. There is no clearer evidence of this than that fact the government had to pass laws of privacy laws to protect companies that felt they needed to watch their employee’s use of their communications for any personal use of company communications. These laws were passed so angry employees who were caught using company communications for private things could not go back and sue companies for invasion of their privacy. The ironic part of employees getting upset over what they perceive as an invasion of their privacy is the fact most companies make employees sign privacy agreement policies and then get angry when they get caught breaking them. Privacy policies are not just to protect employers from employees using their communications for private business, but privacy policies are needed to protect companies from viruses that can come in through private emails or...
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...of argument I choose for why government invasion of personal privacy is wrong. I believe that my arguments were solid and I backed them up with valid evidence. I also felt that my opposing argument was strong. The things that contributed to my achievement were all the assignments that led up to writing the position essay. I took a lot of information from the weekly assignment, ‘Argument, Concession, and Refutation.’ I felt that the PowerPoint provided was very informative, especially when it came to writing the counter argument. One particular detail that stood out to me was presenting an opposing viewpoint for the stand I was taking on privacy invasion. By including an opposing view I gave my paper credibility and showed that I am logical in my thinking....
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...INFORMATION AGE AND INFORMATION PRIVACY UNIVERISTY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 5 AUGUST 2011 | An estimated 35 million people use e-mail – either via their company’s computers or on paid networks. Unlike telephone calls, which by law are private because the phone lines are considered common carriers, a company owns its computer network and all the data in it. Seemingly, private email has been used against employees in everything from sexual harassment cases to charge of trade secret theft. Even employees who carefully delete their email cannot escape cyber-investigators who can hunt through a computer’s backup system to find just about anything ever stored in a computer. That is to say, the use of email is like having a video camera consistently running. Information Privacy can be defined as the relationship between collection and dissemination of the information. There is no doubt that there is a public expectation of privacy, however, the term itself has legal and political issues surrounding it. Information Privacy affects our personal and professional life. With the invention of the personal computer in 1970 and the internet reaching a critical mass in 1990, and the adoption of this technology three decades later, we society catapulted into what is known as the “Information Age”. The “Information Age” has allowed global network communication and shaped our modern society. With so many advancements in technology and the reliability of computers in our...
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... Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. You may think your United States employee rights authorize you to have a privacy workplace. People are wrong because, according to workplace privacy studies, the odds were good that your employer was monitoring all your internet actions, including your web pages and chat rooms (Niznik, 2011). If your company policy does not state there is a workplace privacy policy, your employer may watch, listen, and read just about everything in workplace area. Employers have the right to protect their business, their finances, and all of their equipment. The American Management Association (AMA) conducted a study of 526 employers which most use some type of electronic surveillance of the employees (Niznik, 2011). Many employers will deny they use any type of electronic surveillance however; the odds are good that your employer has “the eye,” watching your every move at work. Employers are not required to provide workplace privacy because your employers own everything you use at work. Your employers own the computers you work on, the telephones you talk on and the buildings in which you work. There are only a few weak employee workplace privacy right laws that exist. Since there are so few workplace privacy laws, it is legal for “the eye” to spy on you without your consent or your awareness. The only time an employee should have privacy at work is when they are changing their clothes or using the bathroom...
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