Securing Personally Identifiable Information is critical and important because of the fact that PII is used to distinguish one person from another. Each piece of information is uniquely given to a specific individual. Having one thing unsecured, could give someone access to that unsecured item and so much more. If I had my social security card out in the open and someone was able to somehow get ahold of my SSN, it would give them unlimited access to pretty much everything else about me. They would
Charles Cheung, Identity Construction and Self-Presentation on Personal Homepages: emancipatory potentials and reality constrains, edited by Gauntlett, D& Horsley, R in Web Studies Chapter 4, London: Arnold, (2004), pp. 53-68, ISBN: 9780340814727 In the contemporary age of mass media especially in the age of web 2.0, the approaches to self-presentation have been tightly connected to the internet to some extent. As the emergence of personal homepages on the internet, this has been regarded as a newly-born
Nearly everyone owns a computer and nearly all of which have access to the internet. But isn't that a good thing? Millions of people having the ability to access and share all the information anybody could ever want. The internet can be used for a number of things such as: Research Finding and or sharing information Sending messages to friends or family Chatting to people Playing games and killing time And much more But can having this kind of power be a bad thing. I believe that in some
and health information. The initial wording of FERPA implies it provides a extremely high level of personal privacy in our education. However, as you dig deeper into the law it becomes glaringly obvious how little protection this law actually provides. With multiple “loops-holes” built into its protection, FERPA has become nothing more than an illusion of privacy protection. According to the U.S. Department of Education, “FERPA does not regulate a school official from disclosing information about a
individual information, the moral issue of importance is whether public or private sector entities have the right to create individual profiles of consumers and their obligation in protecting the consumer's privacy is in question. The exponential growth of the information age in particular the personal computer has created a situation where economies of the public and private sector are at odds with the privacy of the consumer or citizen. Should data collection agencies use or sell information collected
There are four domains of vulnerabilities that may cause information/data security breaches. Information Security Governance, People, Processes and Technology are it. Hacking, stealing and copying information are the examples of breaches that takes place at times. According to the information security governance, success is often less, due to inability to value the the organisation 's information and data. This creates the discussion on the needs for security and the resources to be assigned to this
understand) are identity theft, juvenile, and victimization. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, identity theft is defined as “the unauthorized use or attempted use of existing accounts, or unauthorized use or attempted use of personal information to open a new account or for other fraudulent purposes (Harrell, 2013).” Juvenile refers to children, typically persons under the age of 18. Victimization means to make victim of someone or to harm or commit a crime against someone. It is important
How and why we obtain information AAUSS obtains personal information about you from the following sources: • You register as a member • You contact us via email or through our website • Transactional activity (for example contributions) • Personal information obtained may include o Name o Address o Email address o Age o IP address o Credit card information from donors o Other information as needed to provide services you request We may use this information to process requests, to respond to inquiries
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION Personal identifying information can be defined as any information that can be used to distinguish directly or indirectly, trace and link to a specific person irrespective of whether the information is the primary or in combination with other data (Sebastian, 2013). Breaches involving PII such as identity theft are hazardous both to individuals as well as to organizations. Disclosure of sensitive PII without the primary authority of the concerned party may lead
reasons. Some are anyone who has a laptop can find someones personal information, people don’t get as much face to face interaction because they are always talking on the internet, and kids aren’t using proper grammar online, so they are losing their writing skills. One important reason that advancements in technology are bad is Personal identifying information can be found by anyone who has a computer. People’s personal information, like address and medical history can be found, because almost everything
In the summative course assessment, the anonymity of John will take place for my student. He is currently a sophomore with a learning disability at Roosevelt High School, given an anonymity, and taking World History. John has had four to eleven missing assignments over the past fourteen weeks in his second semester and currently has a 68% overall grade in the class (AERIES). Over this past semester, John regularly brings his chromebook to class, but never brings his laptop fully charged, therefore
personal information we receive and collect when you use www.gelnailkits.org, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us. www.gelnailkits.org strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all of our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our customers', consumers' and online visitors' privacy on our website.Personal Information www.gelnailkits
In the early years of computers and computerized technology, computer engineers had to believe that their contribution to the development of computer technology would produce positive impacts on the people that would use it. During the infancy of computer technology, ethical issues concerning computer technology were almost nonexistent because computers back then were not as multifaceted as they are today. However, ethical issues relating to computer technology and cyber technology is undeniable
(Grodinsky, Gumbus, & Lilly, 2010) . The legal ramifications of employee monitoring also include the loss of privacy when it comes to Personally Identifiable Information
modern history, reporting that private information and social security numbers 143 million consumers. Initially the breach happened in May through July and was not discovered until July 29, no evidence of unauthorized access to databases (John). Analyzing key issues what went wrong with the leader, what went wrong on the end of the security part of the I.T. department, and highlighting some ways the consumers can be proactive in protecting their private information. Highlights of the Issues The
On April 19, 2011, Sony figured out that their own PlayStation Network had been compromised. The next day, they decided to shut down the server without disclosing information about the breach. The next day after that, Sony claimed that they were still looking to the cause of the shutdown of the server. They also released a post on the PlayStation blog in Europe that one of the causes of the incident could have been a security breach by an unknown third party. They eventually released a statement
Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach, 2006. Http://www.infosectoday.com/. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. McCallister, Erika, Tim Grance, and Karen Scarfone. "Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)." NIST SP 800-122, Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (n.d.): n. pag. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Apr. 2010. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-122/sp800-122.pdf>. Niem, Tu C. "Bluetooth
progressed to the point where a user's web usage can be tracked between sessions by almost anyone. Text files dropped on a user's machine, known as cookies, can give certain corporations personal information about the user, and can even keep track of what sites the user has visited. Such personal information can subsequently be sold or exploited, jeopardizing the user's privacy. In recent years and months, use of the Internet, specifically the world-wide web, has grown by leaps and bounds. An aspect
group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively. The boundaries and content of what is considered private differ among cultures and individuals, but share basic common themes. Privacy is sometimes related to anonymity, the wish to remain unnoticed or unidentified in the public realm. When something is private to a person, it usually means there is something within them that is considered inherently special or personally sensitive. The degree to which
sources that determine how hard it is for their customers to qualify for a loan application for example. The instruction has caused the loss of staggering amount of personally identifiable information (PII), including Social Security Numbers (SSNs), names, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers and credit card information. Approximately 143 million U.S. consumers as well as residents in UK and Canada who directly or indirectly use their services have reportedly been impacted by this