IT 3350 Cyber Law

The issue in Noah v. AOL Time Warner is _______.

Can an internet service provider be held liable for content put on the internet by its subscribers?

The issue in ACLU v. Reno, is __________.

Does the Communications Decency Act violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?

In the In re Pharmatrak case, which technology contributed to the legal conflict?

HTTP Get Method

A policy requiring an internet user to disclose his/her real name and city before they can participate on a controversial online discussion board would be an example of regulation through __________.

Not code or laws, must be social norms or markets...

Unlike real-space architecture, cyberspace architecture makes it difficult to know if we are being watched or followed. This is a result of ______________ in cyberspace.

Protected Privacy

The Consent Exception to the ECPA requires __________.

actual notice. NOT judicial notice

You work for a company headquartered in Utah. The company does business primarily in the mountain west states, but through the company's web site you have hundreds of thousands of data records about people in all 50 states and several countries. In these circumstances, the CCPA __________.

applies to your employer

Requiring an internet user to register for and verify an account before they can participate on an online discussion board would be an example of regulation through ______.

code

You work at a company that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. One day you receive an email that has a long thread of Reply All and Forward recipients. You scroll down through the various messages and in one message you see that a company leader has told another employee: "Just saw the latest quarterly earnings report -- might want to think about selling some of your stock in the next few days :-(". You know this likely qualifies as insider trading, but you don't want any trouble so you don't say anything to anyone. A few weeks later you find yourself being questioned about insider trading by law enforcement. Under which element of the ECPA could you defend yourself?

intentionality

The ability to arrest an internet user for content they post to an online discussion board would be an example of regulation through______.

laws

U.S. courts cannot establish __________ jurisdiction, because there's no such thing.

liability

Requiring an internet user to pay money before they can participate on an online discussion board would be an example of regulation through __________.

markets

A company sets up their own web site and uses it to sell a product online. Although the company's product is legal, many people begin to share experiences of the product making them sick. The company (and its website by extension) develops a reputation for selling a product that is harmful, and as a result, people begin avoiding the company's website and choose not to buy the product. They tell their friends and family, who likewise avoid the company. This is an example of a(n) __________ effect of regulation in cyberspace.

not inconsequential..

If a company sells a harmful product on the web site Etsy, Etsy can suspend or cancel that company's seller account. This is an example of a(n) __________ effect of regulation in cyberspace.

not indirect; direct ... ?

Under the provisions of COPPA, web sites cannot collect personal information from or about children as a condition of being allowed to __________.

play a game or win a prize

In United States v. Jones, the Supreme Court decided that Antoine Jones' conviction for drug trafficking would be _____________; though he was later re-tried and ultimately pleaded guilty.

reversed

Under the GDPR the Right of Access guarantees an online consumer's right to ___________.

see data collected about them

Public knowledge of how a web site is regulated is referred to as _________

transparency

Web sites often have trouble making sure that people who use their services are who they say they are, and are of appropriate age to be using the site. This is described in the text as a problem of _________.

verification

The GDPR covers companies outside the European Union under all conditions listed below except _________.

web sites that do not collect any data

Under the GDPR, a data controller determines __________.

why and how personal data is collected online

Under the GDPR, a data processor can do all of the following except determine __________.

why and how personal data is collected online

Suppose that you want to publish a web site that contains information about products that are often used to make methamphetamine (an illegal and dangerous drug). Your intent is that your web site will provide important and valuable information to the public, but you are concerned that in the hands of teens or other vulnerable populations, the effect could be detrimental, in the sense that you might be helping people learn how to make illegal drugs. You decide that you will require all readers of your web site to identify themselves and agree to a Terms & Conditions agreement that they will not use your web site to contribute to the manufacture of methamphetamine. This is an example of ____________.

zoning speech