One of the best careers to get into is information technology (IT). Information technology is the use of telecommunications and computers to retrieve, store, transmit, and manipulate information. “The world of information technology is constantly changing. Whether you’re a developer for a large company or a small company, in a management position, freelancing or anything else, the world of IT is changing all the time” (Complete IT Professional). Because of certain advances in IT, new ethical issues often arise. An ethical issue, according to businessdictionary.com, is “a problem or situation that requires a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical).” Often, it is extremely necessary to protect the people from wrong. In 1978, the Electron Funds Transfer was created. More recently, in 2003, the Do Not Call Implementation Act was created. There were advances in IT that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of each act. Credit and debit cards have been replacing paper checks at a fast growing rate. This means that the paper evidence that checks offer is descending. ATMs and electronic banking is taking over because it is so convenient. “The explosion of electronic financial transactions created a new need for rules that would give consumers the same level of confidence that they had in the checking system” (investopedia). In the late 70s, consumers were given the assurance that they needed when it came to their money. The Electronic Funds Transfer Act was a law that was passed in 1978. “A federal law that protects consumers engaged in the transfer of funds through electronic methods. This includes the use of debit cards, automated teller machines and automatic withdrawals from a bank account” (investopedia). Like obtaining insurance, this law limits the liability from loss. If there are ever any transaction errors, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act provides the means of getting them corrected. People are fast to fill out a contest slip to win something from a company. Filling out that slip lures the company to make contact in the future. Often, when credit is applied for, the credit granters resell the applicant’s information. Telemarketers can use telephone listings and automatic dialers to call house phones. All this and more can lead to receiving too many unwanted phone calls. “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been receiving complaints in increasing numbers from the consumers throughout the nation about unwanted and uninvited calls to their homes from telemarketers” (FCC) . The Federal Trade Commission and FCC created a national Do-Not-Call Registry. The Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 applies to all telemarketers and lessons the amount of unwanted calls. Registration is free. It is only necessary to register just once. At least once every 31 days, sellers and telemarketers must search the registry and remove any numbers on the registry from their call list. If someone’s debit card gets stolen, it is nice that they can get any money that was spent returned to him or her. Strangers trying to make a sale should not be allowed to call someone’s home during late hours in the night. It is only ethical that something be done about events such as those. Throughout the decades, as technology advances there will also always be something not to far behind it: new ethical issues and protection from wrong.