Balancing Individual Privacy with Press Freedom Alan F. Westin‚ a privacy expert at Columbia University‚ once wrote: Privacy is the claim of individuals‚ groups‚ or institutions to determine for themselves when‚ how‚ and to what extent information about them is communicated to others (self information control right). In this age of mass media‚ individual privacy has become a casualty of journalists’ feeding frenzy and it has become really hard for societies to determine the nature and process of
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1168 Abstract—In this paper‚ we address the problem of privacy protection in video surveillance. We introduce two efficient approaches to conceal regions of interest (ROIs) based on transform-domain or codestream-domain scrambling. In the first technique‚ the sign of selected transform coefficients is pseudorandomly flipped during encoding. In the second method‚ some bits of the codestream are pseudorandomly inverted. We address more specifically the cases of MPEG-4 as it is today the prevailing standard
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phone for FBI investigation because of the confidentiality contract it signed with its customers. In this case‚ what would be right move to make: respect the terrorist’s privacy or unlock it for the safety of the country? Do deceased people even still have rights? Many similar questions arose during the ongoing controversy of privacy versus national security. Even Donald Trump addresses this issue during the presidential debate. The security of the nation is unanimously a priority in the lives of American
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Corporate Information Systems Privacy: European data protection rules Abstract In this working paper we are going to analyze the principal changes related to the introduction of the new proposed European data protection rules compared with the actual law‚ which is a set of directives based on the first one of ’95 (Directive 95/46/CE). In addition‚ taking three companies with headquarters in Italy‚ France and Germany‚ we will make a comparison between their protection policies. As
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Your Privacy‚ Magnified English 122: English Composition II May 30‚ 2013 Your Privacy‚ Magnified Introduction A few years ago‚ a prominent personality once said‚ “You have zero privacy. You should learn to get over it.” This statement sparked a fierce debate across America with people terming those words as insensitive. However‚ the truth of the matter is that these words‚ however harsh they may seem‚ are 100 percent true. On the same note‚ other top executives such
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common people that the extent the government is monitoring us at this current time is a violation of our fundamental rights as human beings. That this surveillance of our activity is infringing upon our privacy‚ so in turn the founding laws that our Nation was built upon‚ which includes the right to privacy in our Bill of Rights‚ are prohibiting the government from observing our actions on the internet. Although there is an equitable point at the foundation of this argument‚ the extent at which our government
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somehow create a safer society for us‚ our privacy rights are gradually diminishing. Not only is
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Personal freedom is a right that we are fortunate to have today. It allows us the right to our own privacy and personal affairs. National security aims to keep us safe and protect our welfare. So the question is‚ would you be mad if you found that someone was secretly reading your texts‚phone calls and email and storing it all ? Because that’s exactly what the government is doing. This heightened security began after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th‚ 2001‚ and has only grown
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Journal of Business Ethics Education 8: 431-434. © 2011 NeilsonJournals Publishing. Book Review - Cyberethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace‚ 4th Edition by Richard Spinello‚ Sudbury‚ MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers‚ 2003 Jeffrey A. Roberts Duquesne University‚ USA In the fourth edition of CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace David Spinello continues a long and rich tradition of contribution to the field of ethics education and research. In this most recent edition‚ Spinello‚ a management
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The Privacy Rights of Individuals Privacy can be defined in many ways‚ depending on one’s perspective‚ including the right to be left alone‚ free from intrusion or disturbance in one’s private life. Although everyone agrees that this is an important right that should be protected by governmental laws‚ the extent of one’s right to privacy has often been a matter of debate in the court system of the United States. There is vast disagreement concerning how far the government should go to protect
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