Information gathering‚ through networking‚ social media‚ and both on and offline storage have made it easier to collect information about an individual than ever before‚ with many concerns having arisen over the years about privacy and the ability to protect that privacy. As debates over personally identifiable information continue‚ one cornerstone remains a constant‚ ethics. Ethics are defined as “the standard by which human actions can be judged right and wrong (Online‚ 2012)”‚ but even that
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UNDERSTANDING OUR RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IFSM 201 JULY 22‚ 2012 Abstract Anyone who uses computer technology today accepts the fact that their Personally Identifiable Information (PII) may or could be transmitted‚ collected‚ and used to benefit the one who receives that information. It is our responsibility to know what PII transmissions are being made available for public use over the web. Understanding all the aspects of PII and the approaches that are
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII)‚ is information about a person that uniquely identifies an individual‚ such information includes; an individual’s name‚ social security number‚ biometric records‚ medical records‚ financial information‚ passports‚ date and place of birth‚ educational information‚ employment information‚ (Radack‚ 2010) and parental information (for example: mother’s maiden name.) (GSA‚ 2015) (Rouse‚ 2014) The examples of PII listed above is what is known as sensitive personally
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Ethics: Use of Cookies Cookie Trails In today’s era of technology‚ many people are concerned about internet privacy. Most concerns are usually sparked by misinformation. One piece of technology that is most misunderstood is the cookie and its uses. Many people believe that cookies are programs that can transfer viruses onto their computers. This is absolutely false. Cookies are typically harmless. Cookies are little text files left on your
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Personal Identifiable Information PII And Ethics Research Paper William PII is an abbreviation that stands for Personal Identifiable Information as used in information security. This is information that can be used to identify‚ contact or locate a single person. Ethics are the standards set in place in order to distinguish right from wrong. As important as PII is in the modern information technology‚ it has its advantage‚ disadvantage and ethical issues. PII comes
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Ethical issues and the use of Personally Identifiable Information in computer systems‚ applications‚ and the internet. Professor Strayer University - CIS 324 This paper will look at the ethical issues and use of Personally Identifiable Information‚ commonly known as PII‚ in computer systems‚ applications‚ and the internet. We will discuss what PII is and how it is used. There will be information on why Personally Identifiable Information is used and what can happen if it is
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Attorney General‚ Eric Holder‚ urged congress to establish a set of guidelines for companies in the event that a customer’s personal identifiable information be stolen (Douglas‚ 2014)‚ which came after the result of Targets servers being breached by hackers and having over 40 million customer records (including addresses‚ phone numbers‚ and even credit/debit card information) (Osborne‚ 2014). Currently there are only state guidelines as to how companies deal with data breaches‚ but the federal government
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College Risks Associated with Fraudulent use and loss of Personal Identifiable Information: JAP IFSM 201 Dec 11‚ 2012 Name‚ age‚ address‚ social security number. all of these are the usual examples of “Personally identifiable information” or PII. We take for granted that our information is somewhere “out there”‚ on someone computer‚ safe‚ manned by an alert computer expert or office
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Meaning and applicability In colloquial use‚ anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual’s personal identity‚ or personally identifiable information‚ being publicly unknown. In daily life‚ there is a large number of reasons for anonymity to be used in terms of sharing‚ obtaining and providing information and materials on great variety of themes of local and global scale and significance. Generally‚ as a legal and widely used process of accessing and manipulating diverse online content
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