Many people have debatable ideas of what privacy, invasion of privacy, and privacy rights are, but nonetheless most people have ideas or an opinion on such topics. “Definitions of privacy can be couched in descriptive or normative terms. People may view privacy as a derivative notion that rests upon more basic rights such as liberty or property.” (Moore, 2008, p. 411) Even with the many explanations of privacy rights that we individually claim, we should all be able to agree that to some degree our right to privacy is essential and necessary for our day to day functions. Even with our own opinions, we should all have some kind of understanding as to what the US Constitution states about our privacy rights and what is and is not considered “The Patriot Act allows the government, with permission from a special court, to obtain roving wiretaps over multiple communication devices, seize suspects’ records without their knowledge, and conduct surveillance of a so-called “lone wolf,” or someone deemed suspicious but without any known ties to an organized terrorist group.” (Farrell, 2010) The history behind this unconstitutional law came during a vulnerable time in our country. Terrorist acts had taken place under the Bush administration and it was important that congress and the president make a decision so that the American people could have a foundation of faith to stand on. Since September 11, 2001 we must continue to ask if this act is really stopping such attacks or challenging the privacy of the many innocent American people. “In the last five years, the odds of an American being killed in a terrorist attack have been about 1 in 20 million (that's including both domestic attacks and overseas attacks).” (Plumer, 2013) According to Brad Plumer, a author of the Washington Post, research under the odds of dying by circumstance, terrorist attacks is below intentionally self-harm, choking, and walking and getting hit by a vehicle. This makes me wonder if my privacy is being revoked for the best of this country or just because the federal government has the ability to. James Carafano, an expert in the homeland security field,
try to hide is bad. Privacy matters because it belongs to the man who owns it. It’s a part of him/her, which is not allowed to be exposed. Privacy matters because it varies between people; it should not be used against the owner as well as it cannot be used for other purpose. Privacy created clothes for our thinking, allowing government to collect our privacy is equivalent to let them peek our thinking. I don’t agree with the argument that people has nothing to hide because privacy is a personality…
of its many different things available to the consumer. From a privacy perspective Facebook would deter a lot of people from wanting to establish an account. You really do not have a lot of privacy on social networking sites to begin with. And with Facebook many people post different pictures, and update their status to say what they are doing and where they are at every hour on the hour. If the user has not set up their privacy settings to establish who is able to view their profile their page…
Privacy over Luxury In today’s world the line between what is private and public has become so indistinct to the point where a Google or Facebook search can give you details on virtually anyone. Telematics is a data gathering tool used by insurance companies to gather motorist data. While telematics has been endorsed as beneficial technological advancement by the a group of authors at IBM there are some like Andrew Clark, Globe and Mail, who may argue telematics may be a cloaked privacy intrusion…
Introduction Privacy is the ability of an individual or a group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves from others and only express these information to whom they want. Privacy help individual maintain their autonomy and individuality. People define and have power over what information they want to be public. As a result of the importance of privacy, there are privacy protection laws implemented in every country that might differ from one another. Living a life without these privacy laws…
Online Privacy According to the article, “Online privacy fears are real”, written by Bob Sullivan, we are not safe on internet. Credit card numbers are sold online for $ 1.00 a piece; our identities are sold and traded like options on Chicago Board of Trade. Many companies are interested on the personal data provided by consumers, sometimes without knowing that your information has been shared. Many companies use this data to analyze what are the customer’s preferences, then they can advertize…
The right to privacy is mentioned in several amendments in the Constitution: “The First Amendment protects the privacy of beliefs The Third Amendment protects the privacy of home against the use of it for housing soldiers The Fourth Amendment protects privacy against unreasonable searches The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination, which in turn protects the privacy of personal information The Ninth Amendment says that the “enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not…
1. Ubiquitous Computing and Your Privacy MySpace, Facebook, email, and collaborative sites for both work and leisure are a norm on the net these days. But did you know all of the content you post on many of these sites immediately become partially owned by the sites themselves? And, taking items away by deleting them never really gets rid of them. In fact, in Groundswell by Bernoff and Li, they state that trying to take something off the Internet that you have posted is like trying to remove…
Privacy Policies In my opinion handling the privacy policy of a company the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and Facebook is extremely difficult. With that being said the privacy policy of a conglomerate organization in which they are all combined is mere impossible. However, if was hired by this company to help with their privacy policy I would recommend some important practices that many of these companies either don’t or do not do well enough. One practice is better communication with users…
Chapter 8 Privacy Issues National American University Technology has given people access to more information than ever before. There was a time that information such as social security numbers and bank accounts could be protected simply by shredding documents. Now this information can be found on the internet by almost anyone unless it is well protected. These laws help protect personal information from unauthorized users. Additionally, it gives the person providing the information certain…
Nowadays, more and more employers are watching what their employees do with the computers provided for them to utilize their everyday jobs. The bosses want to know whether their staffs are abusing the trust given to them or not. With the help of affordable monitoring software, they can keep a close tab with the people they employ straightforwardly. Modern technologies are providing unprecedented opportunities surveillance. Not only they can monitor the e-mails sent and received by their employees…
