Information Technology Acts Nancy Plaisir BIS/220 July 17‚ 2013 Alex Preuss Information Technology Acts Chances are you have probably come across HIPPA before while in a doctor’s office in the past. HIPPA is the acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This Act was passed by Congress in 1996. As far as one can remember‚ medical files containing all medical and personal information were kept in locked drawers or file cabinets which were for authorized personnel’s only
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Online Shopping Versus Traditional Brick-and-mortar Shopping Consumers are making purchases daily. There are a number of occasions and reasons prompting people to shop. Special occasions such as birthdays‚ anniversaries‚ and holidays all contribute to retail sales. Sustaining one’s daily life through purchase of food‚ clothing‚ personal hygiene products and cleaning products also contributes to the economy through commerce. How do most people like to shop? In recent
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Walmart was established in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas. Since then‚ Walmart has grown to one of the largest companies in the world‚ opening thousands of stores across the United States and other countries. Through innovation‚ they strive to bring a seamless experience to let customers shop anytime and anywhere online‚ mobile devices and in stores. Overall‚ Walmart operates over 11‚000 retail unites under 71 banners in 27 different countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries. A total of 2.2 million
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Information Technology Acts Necessity BIS/220 January 28‚ 2013 Information Technology Acts Necessity Children are our society’s most valuable and fragile resources. It is our responsibility as parents‚ adults‚ and caregivers to provide our children with as many safeguards to protect them from physical and virtual dangers. Children are spending more and more time on the internet and without the proper protection and supervision they can be exposed to indecent or harmful material or predators
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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was established to protect consumers from the increasingly intrusive methods employed by telemarketers. Information technology advances such as auto-dialers‚ predictive dialers‚ and automated faxes made it easier to reach large numbers of businesses and households in a relatively short time. These methods were not only highly annoying to consumers‚ but through the use of these devices‚ telemarketing companies were also passing some of the cost
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Information Technology Acts There were many advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts that the government had to implement. The two that will be discussed in this paper are the PATRIOT Act of 2001‚ and the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. Both of these acts were deemed necessary due to increasing terrorist threats for the PATRIOT Act‚ and for fairness in obtaining credit for the Fair Credit Reporting Act. US PATRIOT ACT
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Brick and mortar shopping and online shopping compare and contrast in many different ways. Some of the ways are obvious such as one is online and one is an actual store‚ but there are others that many different people would not even think about if they didn’t shop in both settings regularly. Knowing the benefits of online shopping and shopping in store can not only save a person the hassle of getting out when something may be better to get online‚ but it can also save a person tons of money knowing
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Week Five Reflection Summary Cassie Kodie BIS/220 6/19/2012 John McGivney Developing the right programs for a company’s needs can become a major project. Going into weeks 4 and 5‚ I did not realize how much work and detail went into planning‚ developing and implementing a software program. There is a team structure with a project manager and the involvement of the company utilizing the program can be very involved to no say at all. I learned that a scope is a list of features desired in a
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Checkpoint: Presentation Tools BIS/220 Presentation Tools There are many presentation tools available in the marketplace. Their price ranges from low to high. The more the tool has to offer‚ the more expensive. I chose to review the top three presentations tools in the marketplace - Microsoft PowerPoint‚ SoftMaker Presentations‚ and Corel Presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most popular and cost-effective presentation tools today. This tool was developed
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T471 Tutor-Marked Assignment 01 Question 1: Title for the project: As web portal HEALTHY FOOD FOR CHILD Students name: FAKHREYA AL-HARASSI (081285) KHAWLA AL-MAZROOI (081166) The main aims of the project : This project will help users to Access to information relating to their children’s health and nutrition suitable for them and through the view‚ and the topics
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