Privacy, Security,

and Ethics
Computing
Essentials 2014

Privacy, Security and Ethics Computing Essentials 2014

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 Competencies (Page 1 of 3)
▪ Identify the most significant concerns for
effective implementation of computer
technology.
▪ Discuss the primary privacy issues of accuracy,
property, and access.
▪ Describe the impact of large databases, private
networks, the Internet, and the Web on privacy.
▪ Discuss online identity and major laws on
privacy.

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 Competencies (Page 2 of 3)
▪ Discuss cybercrimes including creation of
malicious programs such as viruses, worms,
Trojan horse, and zombies as well as denial of
service attacks, Internet scams, social
networking risks, cyberbullying, rogue Wi-Fi
hotspots, theft, and data manipulation.
▪ Detail ways to protect computer security
including restricting access, encrypting data,
anticipating disasters, and preventing data
loss.

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 Competencies (Page 3 of 3)
▪ Discuss computer ethics including
copyright law, software piracy, digital rights
management , the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, as well as plagiarism and
ways to identify plagiarism.

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 Introduction
▪ The ubiquitous use of computers and
technology prompts some very important
questions about the use of personal data
and our right to privacy.
▪ This chapter covers issues
related to the impact of
technology on people and
how to protect ourselves
on the Web.

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 People
▪ Privacy – What are the threats to personal privacy
and how can we protect ourselves?
▪ Security – How can access to sensitive information
be controlled and how can we secure hardware and
software?
▪ Ethics – How do the actions of individual users and
companies affect society?

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 Privacy
▪ Privacy – concerns the collection and use
of data about individuals
▪ Three primary privacy issues:
▪ Accuracy
▪ Property
▪ Access

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 Large Databases (Page 1 of 2)
▪ Large organizations
compile information
about us.
▪ Federal government
has over 2,000
databases
▪ Telephone companies
▪ Reverse directory
lists of calls we
make
▪ Supermarkets
▪ What we buy and
when

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 Large Databases (Page 2 of 2)
▪ Information resellers or information brokers
▪ Collect and sell personal data
▪ Electronic profiles easily created
▪ Personal information is a marketable commodity,
which raises many issues:
▪ Collecting public, but personally identifying
information (e.g., Google’s Street View)
▪ Spreading information without personal
consent, leading to identity theft
▪ Spreading inaccurate information
▪ Mistaken identity
▪ Freedom of Information Act

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 Private Networks
▪ Employers can monitor e-mail legally
▪ 75 percent of all businesses search
employees’ electronic mail and
computer files using snoopware
▪ A proposed law could
prohibit this type of
electronic monitoring
or at least require the
employer to notify
the employee first

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 Viewing and Blocking Cookies
▪ Cookies
▪ Small pieces of information
that are deposited on your
hard disk from web sites you
have visited
▪ First-party cookies
▪ Third-party cookies

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 Online Identity
▪ The information that people voluntarily post
about themselves online
▪ Archiving and search features of the Web
make it available indefinitely
▪ Major Laws on Privacy
▪ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
▪ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
▪ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA)

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 Security
▪ Cybercrime or computer crime is any
offense that involves a computer and a
network
▪ Hackers
▪ Gain unauthorized access

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 Computer Crime (Page 1 of 3)
▪ Malicious Programs - Malware
▪ Viruses
▪ Worms
▪ Trojan horse
▪ Zombies
▪ Denial of Service
▪ (DoS) attack

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 Computer Crime (Page 2 of 3)
▪ Internet scams
▪ Phishing

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 Computer Crime (Page 3 of 3)
▪ Social networking risks
▪ Cyber-bullying
▪ Rogue Wi-Fi hotspots
▪ Theft
▪ Data manipulation
▪ Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act

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 Ethics
▪ Standards of moral conduct
▪ Copyright
▪ Gives content creators the right to control
the use and distribution of their work
▪ Paintings, books, music, films, video games
▪ Software piracy
▪ Unauthorized copying and distribution
▪ Digital Millennium Copyright Act
▪ Digital rights management (DRM)
▪ Plagiarism

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 End of Module

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