Essays on Privacy Invasion

Privacy from a Multi-National Corporation Perspective

In the digital world, any corporation that seeks to join the multi-national circles must review its ethical standing and responsibilities. Privacy is one of the ethical issues that multi-national corporations must uphold. The ethicality of privacy is linked to the kind of information that individuals or associations reveal to others and the related revelation conditions and safeguards. They must also identify the kind of information that people can keep to themselves without being forced to reveal. Privacy issues are hard to control ranging from the increased surveillance in buildings to the internet (Mason, 1986). Additionally, the internet harbors plenty ...

Social networks allow and encourage users to publish/share details that should remain private. However, social media companies collect such information both in order to personalize their services and sell it to advertisers (Piirsalu para. 2). Marketers use the information about the users’ interests and preferences to target their products and marketing campaigns. This is worsened by the fact that the collecting of such information presents opportunities for criminals to illegally access and employ the data for abusive purpose (Piirsalu para. 5). This article argues that there are privacy problems inherent in the very business model employed by social media ...

Business Process Management

Abstract The literature review on the topic of enterprise resource planning (ERP) of business process management (BPM) as part of information systems (IS) strategies in South African businesses covers both scholarly and professional management discussions about outsource administration of IT systems operations. The rise of outsource IT in the business sector is predicted to realign business and trade into the future. The trend in emergent market outsource IS data management in and by South African firms is fast becoming a lead topic in a nation formerly characterised as an industrial economy with developing country challenges. The enactment of South ...

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The issue on privacy in the 21st century is a current dilemma for the public as everything can now be seen online and is on digital format. May it be simple personal profiles to highly sensitive data such as grades, credit card information, and security clearances can be accessed online. While automation and digitalized data is now common to improve a person’s daily need for information, privacy becomes a serious topic to consider since anyone can get the information they need and for some, they would take steps mimic a person’s identity and steal sensitive data for fraud and crime. Recorded ...