Table of Contents Introduction 2 Meta-Data in the Retail Industry 2 Negative Aspects 3 What Should Lawmakers Do? 4 Goals of Lawmakers 5 Possible Outcomes of Cybersecurity Regulations 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Introduction Meta-data can be described as ‘detailed data which describe other data to obtain a better understanding and achieve better quality of information’ (Beth Haugen, Herrin, Slivochka, McNeil Tolley, Warner, & Washington, 2013). Private companies harvest meta-data
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Privacy in the 21st Century Eng 122 Mrs. Samaniego 10 June, 2013 In today’s society cameras are watching every step you take and every move you make. How do you feel about that? Someone is watching you, whether it is the surveillance
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With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility (https://hbr.org/2014/11/with-big-data-comes-big-responsibility) Big data and the “internet of things”—in which everyday objects can send and receive data—promise revolutionary change to management and society. But their success rests on an assumption: that all the data being generated by internet companies and devices scattered across the planet belongs to the organizations collecting it. What if it doesn’t? Alex “Sandy” Pentland, the Toshiba Professor of
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regarding use of e-mail and Internet. Email and the Internet undoubtedly has revolutionized the way the entire world communicates. The irony is this technology erodes the expectation of privacy because users expose themselves to personal identity theft and it proliferates illegal and malicious activities such as child pornography; harassment; cyber attacks on personal and business networks; and attempts to steal intellectual property. All of this comes with a personal, legal, and financial
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MIS535 Week 7 Discussion How phishing attacks have compromised major systems? Major corporations, governments, and other organizations are hacked each week, mostly by means of phishing attacks. Describe how users and IT organizations should arm themselves against these attacks. In a typical phishing attack, the attacker puts up a Web site that looks nearly identical to the victim's Web site. Technology changes fast, our genetic code and learned behaviors not so. As security professionals, we
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Identity Theft, n.d.), these were the times without any Facebook, twitter or instagram, impersonating someone was actually challenging, the criminal had to have a lot of patience, time and energy to go through obtaining the data, that is just one phase and there
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Privacy in the 21st Century Sandra Bland ENG 122 Jason Romero March 25, 2013 How do you feel walking around knowing that you are being monitored at all times by cameras? Somebody is watching every step you take. Doesn’t that creep you out a little? You post something on Facebook and decide to delete it later on; did you know it will always be there no matter how many times you have deleted it. You may not see it, but others can. In today’s society, privacy rarely exists anymore. There are
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law. Also, employees in most states have the right to request access to their personnel files upon proper notice. The next area where an employee can expect reasonable privacy in the workplace deals with the social security numbers. Because identity theft is on the rise there are various statutory laws that have been created to protect the privacy of social security numbers. Many states
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Online Recruiting HR Information Systems Dr. Karen Golaub June 1, 2015 As the economy and technology evolves, human resource practices often follow suit. There have been many profound changes, one of the most obvious and influence is the emergence of e-business. As part of this business revolution, web-based online recruiting has changed the way businesses hire people and the way people search for jobs (In, 2007). There are numerous advantages to using online recruiting, especially because
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Internet Privacy Abstract As more and more people continue to use the Internet and disclose their personal information, privacy concerns are paramount. Marketing companies are fiercely competing for their share of the booming e-commerce industry estimated at 75 billion dollars in 2010. Government agencies after 9/11 are using personal communications such as e-mail and social networking sites to scrutinize and evaluate potential threats to the United States. Legislation including
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