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Law Enforcement Agencies Law Enforcement Officials
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989 wordsWhen children go online they have entered a massive store full of information, products and services. Children are anxious consumers, and represent a huge and concentrated portion of the marketplace. According to Children in Cyber Space: A Privacy Resource Guide, the Internet provides children with a chance to enjoy daring games, visit lands over seas, and communicate with individuals their own age, but portions of the Cyber World can be toxic to children. (Children in Cyberspace: A Privacy Reso...
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1,726 wordsRoe v Wade is undoubtedly one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions. Handed down in January of 1973, the Court declared, by a vote of 7 to 2, that abortion was a right guaranteed by the Constitution under an implied Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the majority opinion, stated that the Constitution does not explicitly mention a right to privacy but, "in varying contexts the Court or individual justices have, indeed, found at least the roots of that right. " The right to an abo...
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1,064 wordsEnsuring Your Privacy "Privacy. There seems to be no legal issue today that cuts so wide a swath through conflicts confronting American society. From AIDS tests to wiretaps, polygraph tests to computerized data bases, the common denominator has been whether the right to privacy outweighs other Robert Ellis Smith, the Privacy Journal Computers have been a very instrumental technology that has greatly advanced the ways in which we now do things such as; business, daily activities, shopping, schedu...
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1,089 words... f encoding and decoding information is called encryption. Historically, encryption was used only in the military and for diplomatic reasons. Reasons that deal with Fiske's theory of power. The government wanted to ensure that they ultimately had sole power of the encryption outflow. They have kept tight reins on the "keys" used to translate coded text into plaintext, prohibiting the export of secret codes under United States munitions laws and ensuring that the encryption scheme used by busi...
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1,846 words... tolerance for unsolicited marketing messages. Over 95 % of cyber citizens have received unsolicited e-mail and the consensus is strong they are clearly annoyed and have taken steps to prevent it. This marketing technique, also known as spam, is ineffective to the point of being counter-productive. Cyber Dialogue recommended that Web sites only collect information that is absolutely necessary and "treat it with respect. " While published privacy policies are commonly used to inform users of t...
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1,202 wordsPrivacy issues have taken centre stage in Canada in recent weeks with the public's attention focused on the major privacy breach at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. As of February 4, 2005, CIBC is now facing a $ 9 million class action lawsuit from customers whose confidential RRSP and other personal and financial information was made public. A Toronto law firm has filed the suit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, after revelations that CIBC had been faxing thousands of their client...
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Drug Testing Part Ii
763 wordsDrug testing has been used in many countries for a long time. It has become a standard of working life for many employees. The tests are taken on the recruitment stage or at intermittent periods, because during these periods there is no evidence of misconduct, poor performance or any other reason to suspect drug use. (Workers Privacy Part II) It should be pointed that drug testing is accessible and do not need extra expenses. There are a lot of easy to use kits. They determine traces of drugs wi...
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Point Of View Drug Testing
1,653 wordsWorkplace Privacy As usual, future workers should be monitored by their employers. It is necessary for quality control and performance purposes as well as for health care, tax, and background checks. Employers try to collect personal information of different kinds. As a rule, while gathering personal information, employers interfere in workers private life (either the consent, or at least the knowledge, of employees). Thats why workers have to protect their privacy. With the development of new t...
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Quid Pro Quo Act Of 1996
1,863 words... and medical data, employee behavior outside the workplace, and employees' financial disclosures as private -- but not information on employee performance or use of company equipment. (HR Focus, 2001) Much of the debate and concern over privacy center on several key areas (HR Focus, 2001): Technology/Internet privacy. Decide first whether employees have a right to privacy in their e-mail messages and Internet use. Most companies and legal precedents take the position that employees using thei...
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Internet Service Providers Electronic Monitoring
1,325 wordsElectronic Monitoring When the Department of Defense developed the Internet in the 1970 s as an alternative wartime communication method, no one could have predicted the enormous global impact it would have. Today, millions of people throughout the world surf the Net regularly for news, work, shopping, and entertainment. Hundreds of thousands of World Wide Web sites provide vast quantities of information, and the Internet enables Netizens to send electronic mail messages around the globe in an i...
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Cellular Telephones Electronic Surveillance
1,737 wordsOverview The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 was adopted to address the legal privacy issues that were evolving with the growing use of computers and other new innovations in electronic communications. The ECPA updated legislation passed in 1968 that had been designed to clarify what constitutes invasion of privacy when electronic surveillance is involved. The ECPA extended privacy protection outlined in the earlier legislation to apply to radio paging devices, electronic ma...
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Emotional Impact Ethical Issues
2,315 wordsWhat responsibility does the press have in keeping the public informed while at the same time, respecting the privacy and sensibility of individuals? The press has the power to influence virtually all areas of our lives. Words and images are combined to produce various messages and meanings. All that is presented to us undoubtedly has an effect; whether it be positive, negative or neutral. In some countries the press is seen as an instrument for exposing the truth, and in others it is seen as an...
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Irwin Mcgraw Hill Drug Testing
1,954 wordsEmployee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing In The Employee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing In The Workplace Employee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing in the Workplace December 13, 2000 Labor and Employment Law MGT 424 Fall 2000 Employee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing in the Workplace A. Court Cases Affecting Privacy of Employees and Drug Testing in the Workplace 1. Supreme Court cases affirming drug testing a. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Association 109 S. Ct 1402 (1989) b. National Treasu...
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Health Care Industry Face To Face
6,086 wordsInternet and it s future The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people s homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that were linked together in the 1970 s to form the US Department of Defense s communications sy...
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Federal Trade Commission Parental Consent
1,014 wordsProtecting A Child? s Privacy When children go online they have entered a massive store full of information, products and services. Children are anxious consumers, and represent a huge and concentrated portion of the marketplace. According to Children in Cyber Space: A Privacy Resource Guide, the Internet provides children with a chance to enjoy daring games, visit lands over seas, and communicate with individuals their own age, but portions of the Cyber World can be toxic to children. (Children...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
2,423 wordsIntroduction Companies are intruding more deeply into the lives of employees, and even though corporate intentions may be benign, the risk of backlash is growing. Lee Smith (1) With the rise of advanced technology, there arose the threat of surveillance and privacy invasion in the workplace. An employee, by the very nature of the employment relationship, must be subject to some level of monitoring by the employer. However, this monitoring has its limits. Rights of privacy primarily are related t...
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Supreme Court Decision Dred Scott V
3,507 wordsRoe v Wade is undoubtedly one of the Supreme Courts most controversial decisions. Handed down in January of 1973, the Court declared, by a vote of 7 to 2, that abortion was a right guaranteed by the Constitution under an implied right to privacy. Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the majority opinion, stated that the Constitution does not explicitly mention a right to privacy but, in varying contexts the Court or individual justices have, indeed, found at least the roots of that right. The r...
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United States Government Technological Advances
1,442 wordsAfter viewing Enemy of the State, one can not help but feel vulnerable to the technological advances of our government. However, most Americans find it difficult to believe that they are being watched by agents of the United States government. When Americans do accept that their privacy is being invaded, they assume that only the United States government, or rich and powerful companies are responsible, yet with today? s technology your next door neighbor could be listening. Americans believe tha...
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U S Supreme Court Bill Of Rights
1,581 wordsOur countrys fathers found themselves in a dilemma ratifying the Constitution. New York, one of the most powerful states, required a Bill of Rights be added before ratification. This was an incredible task for James Madison, the Father of the Constitution. Madison opposed enumerating a Bill of Rights for reasons expressed in the Ninth Amendment. Madison feared the listing of specific rights might be construed as the only rights citizens possessed. He was quite correct in his perception. Advances...
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