THE APPLICATION OF PRIVACY LAWS TOPIC READING: City of Ontario‚ California‚ et al. v Quon‚ et al. 560 U.S.___(2010) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. What were the material facts of City of Ontario‚ California‚ et al. v Quon‚ et al. (Ontario v Quon)? Petitioner Ontario (hereinafter City) acquired alphanumeric pagers able to send and receive text messages. Its contract with its service provider‚ Arch Wireless‚ provided for a monthly limit on the number of characters each pager could send
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to wants such as entertainment‚ good food‚ leisure travel‚ etc . The question that must be asked is where does privacy fit into all these needs and wants? Is it a need or is it a want? Is it required anyway? One might assert that the degree of privacy dictates whether it is a want or a need. A basic degree of privacy is a primary need in any civilised society. As the degree of privacy increases‚ it evolves into a secondary need and further to a want. As civilisation evolves‚ the law has evolved
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Does the media and the amount of exposure to specific news media affect fear of crime? This question is examined in a survey with data collected from three universities in the United States and one in Canada; The Impact of Media on Fear of Crime among University Students: A Cross-National Comparison‚ goes over the results. It’s believed that fear in itself can be debilitating leading to harmful social outcomes. Vincent Sacco believes there are three dimensions to fear of crime: cognitive‚ emotional
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Title: Invasion of Privacy in the Workplace OMM 640: Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: David Bouvin Debbie Barrow May 07‚ 2012 Do you feel like your workplace is your safe haven? Is your privacy invaded in your workplace? Can employers read your e-mail; monitor your blog or social network post. Employees peeping over your shoulder (sneakily)‚ or even putting up a surveillance camera‚ as an employee‚ we should not
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Is violence justified in politics? Politics can be defined as acquiring the position of government which includes controlling the human community‚ making laws and developing the country. Politics has been criticized as dirty game by many professionals but a country would not be able to run without politics. If a person has chosen to become a politician‚ yes‚ people will criticize him/her‚ people will praise him/her but it is his/her responsibility to maintain the laws‚ and operate the country in
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Personal Privacy or National Security William Shelton ENG122: English Composition Prof. Lisa Clark August 7‚ 2012 Defining National Security VS Personal Privacy is a matter of looking at the basic nature of each. From research collected there is a consensus that we need balance. Too much of one hurts the other and vise versa. There are a couple of articles that range from Civil Liberties to the birth of public right to know that support the overall claim. Talks about the effects of censorship
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brainwashing‚ privacy infringing government monitored by tele-screens and thought police‚ evolve into today’s society? Perhaps not using the same equipment that George Orwell predicted but studies have precisely shown how the enhancement of technology is used to diminish the privacy of everyone. In 1948 George Orwell created the masterpiece “1984”‚ confidently predicting how the world would be in the next thirty-six years. Orwell’s first prediction was an image created as a father figure to continuously
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Maintaining the privacy of health patient records is extremely important in the health care industry. Every healthcare provider in different areas of the health care field obtain prerequisite training in maintaining patient privacy and have an obligation to ensure patient information is kept private. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensure health insurance is portable and protection for privacy of patient medical information (Henderson‚ 2009). A requirement of the healthcare
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“ I cannot in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy‚ internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they are secretly building.”-(Edward Snowden). The ideals of our government rely on the hands of the current president who presides in the oval office to this day‚ Donald J. Trump. What can truly be done about the lies‚ deceitfulness‚ and soon to be Orwellian site in the eyes of the current president of the U.S of A. Notably
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Topic: Pretty Good Privacy Justification: Information security is a significant issue which attract people’s a lot attention in current society. The email security is highlighted problem in this area. According to Email Statistics Report 2012-2016 (Radicati Group)‚ there are 3.3 billion worldwide email accounts in 2012‚ and are expected to increase to 4.3 billion accounts in 2016. In general‚ transfer of email has many protocols; the SMTP is a main one. In this protocol‚ the content is required
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