Essays on Privacy Issues

Abstract

The growth of social media and Internet technologies have changed the way businesses and people interact with each other on a daily basis. Not only does social media make communication much easier for people around the world, it provides a number of ways for people to pass the time interacting with each other in a digital medium. However, there are also privacy concerns associated with social media and social networking technologies. Social media and social networking do not provide privacy protections for people the way that they used to, and the amount of information available to the general public ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

Research Paper Draft: The Hospitality Law and Privacy

Introduction Privacy, including information privacy, has become one of the great concerns of our modern information society. Each day, without much difficulty, one can find a news story or report concerning some question of privacy. The main focus of these questions, however, have centered around the age-old debate between what is the best balance between security and privacy. That is to say, very little public, media or government attention has focused on other equally important areas of privacy including privacy in the private sector, such as in the hospitality industry. Nowadays, the hospitality industry increasingly has access mountains of ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Sally Reporteur’s News Story on the Reform the Electoral College Movement FACTS Sally Reporteur recently graduated from a prestigious journalism school. Soon after graduation she found a position as reporter for a local news station. Based on her educational background, and the small staff at the news station, her supervisor gave her a fairly significant amount of discretion to find, investigate and write her own news stories. Like many people of her age group, Sally was quite adept at using information technologies for both her work and in her private life. One day, while she was chatting ...

Introduction

Collaboration is an important factor in increasing the organizational productivity. For innovating products, coming up with new ideas, and improving decision-making, it is essential for companies to have the culture of communication and information and knowledge sharing. Social networking has become an important factor in enhancing the collaboration between employees. The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of social networking and its roles in organizations and employees. The paper also discusses the way in which companies for motivating their employees use social networks. The sort of information that organizations can get from social networks has been ...

Nowadays, Internet has become firmly established in the life of the society as a global information system. Being present in practically every home, Internet has considerably expanded the opportunities in the process of information search and exchange, communication between people, especially the so-called social networking sites or social media, which are very popular among people of all ages, especially among children and teenagers. Communication plays an important role for the development of the individual at each age stage, but for young people communication and interpersonal relations are a vital factor in the formation of their personality. The special role ...

Following the December 2015 terrorist shooting in San Bernardino, California, the FBI recovered an iPhone from one of the dead shooters. However, they could not unlock it. Consequently, the FBI sought a court order compelling Apple Corporation, the phone manufacturer to develop software that would enable the FBI to decrypt the security code. To this end, the FBI relied on The Writs Act of 1789 that empowers the federal courts to issue writs compelling private persons who are not a party to judicial proceedings assist the courts in dispensing justice (Limer). On the other hand, Apple argued that developing ...

Introduction

Growth of the online market and developments in online platforms have given rise to new media marketing, which refers to the use of social media, mobile platforms, and search engines to reach out to customers (Herman, 2011). New media tools facilitate exchanges of information between marketers and consumers. Easy transmission of customer information on the Internet has led to the issue of consumer privacy (Hann et al., 2007). Consumer privacy refers to the prerogative of consumers to be left alone or be free from unsolicited intrusion, consumer control over access to personal information they share online, and concealment of ...