Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Chapter 4 VIGNETTE “Privacy Concerns Abound with New IRS System”


1.    What information about you is being held, who is holding it, and what is this information being used for?

Answer:
            A clerk shopping into the records of a friend, a neighbor, or an ex-spouse. These incidents are not widespread and involve only a tiny fraction of employees. This data is a tempting target for identity thieves. Moreover , the money they collects funnds that federal government. On the other habd, information about people is gathered, stored, analyzed and reported because organizations can use it to make better decisions.

2.    What measures are being taken to safeguard this information, and what happens if it is inadvertently disclosed or deliberately stolen?

Answer:

            The auditors fund that the disaster recovery plan was deficient and that the systems were vulnerable in other ways backup tapes stored at an off.site location were not being tested regularly to check that data had been retrived correctly and should be used to restore the system if necessary. Many people object to the data collection policies of government and business on the basis that they strip individuals of the power to control their our personal information.


CASE STUDY CHAPTER#4 “Is Google Watching You”

Discussion Question
1.    How does Google’s business model use personal data?

Answer:
      It is not surprising that Googleinspires a host of privacy concerns. First and perhaps foremost is the concern generated by the wealth of personal information Google is able to assemble using user’s login identity.

2.    What do you think are the major privacy concerns raised by Google’s businessmodel and applications?

Answer:
      Other privacy concerns have arisen over the malfunctioning of Google’s applications. For example, on february 24,2009, an employee of a Dutch marketing firm reported  bug related to Google’s document with sharing applications, Google Docs.

3.    Do you think Google has taken adequate measures to protect it user’s privacy?

Answer:
      The corporation argued that Google had pledge to keep it user’s personal information private and that to handing over this data, the company would be forced to reveal trade secrets regarding its search technology. The best way for user to prevent the taken adequate measures is protect from its users privacy.


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