IS 130 Ch 3

privacy policies

(also known as privacy codes) An organization's guidelines for protecting the privacy of customers, clients, and employees.

code of ethics

A collection of principles intended to guide decision making by members of an organization.

Identify three places that store personal data, and for each one, dis- cuss at least one personal threat to the privacy of the data stored there.

Privacy is the right to be left alone and to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions. Threats to privacy include advances in information technologies, electronic surveillance, personal information in databases, Internet bulletin boards, newsgroups, and social net- working sites. The privacy threat in Internet bulletin boards, newsgroups, and social net- working sites is that you might post too much personal information that many unknown people can see.

privacy codes

See privacy policies

information privacy

The right to determine when, and to what extent, personal information can be gathered by and/or communicated to others.

liability

A legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover the damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or system

opt-in model

A model of informed consent in which a busi- ness is prohibited from collecting any personal information unless the customer specifically authorizes it.

opt-out model

A model of informed consent that permits a company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected.

responsibility

A tenet of ethics in which you accept the con- sequences of your decisions and actions.

accountability

A tenet of ethics that refers to determining who is responsible for actions that were taken

digital dossier

An electronic description of an individual and his or her habits.

Define ethics, list and describe the three fundamental tenets of ethics, and describe the four categories of ethical issues related to informa- tion technology.

Ethics refers to the principles of right and wrong that individuals use to make choices that guide their behavior. Fundamental tenets of ethics include responsibility, accountability, and liability. Responsibility means that you accept the consequences of your decisions and actions. Accountability refers to determining who is responsible for actions that were taken. Liability is a legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover the damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems. The major ethical issues related to IT are privacy, accuracy, property (including intellectual property), and access to information. Privacy may be violated when data are held in databases or transmitted over networks. Privacy policies that address issues of data collection, data accuracy, and data confidentiality can help organizations avoid legal problems.

ethics

The principles of right and wrong that individuals use to make choices to guide their behaviors.

profiling

The process of forming a digital dossier

privacy

The right to be left alone and to be free of unreason- able personal intrusion

electronic surveillance

Tracking people's activities with the aid of computers.