Chapter 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical and organizational issues

Question 1

spam

Answer 1

unsolicited (unwanted) usually commercial messages (such as emails, text messages, or Internet postings) sent to a large number of recipients or posted in a large number of places.

Question 2

Two ways data can be collected when web browsing

Answer 2

1. Cookies
2. Log files

Question 3

Cookies

Answer 3

files created by websites that you go to. They save browsing information to make your online experience easier. With cookies, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences, and give you locally relevant content.
1. tracks location and computer equipment used.

Question 4

log files

Answer 4

1. monitors usage instructions
2. generated by web server software which places the user’s instructions on record on a website

Question 5

Two types of information available on the internet

Answer 5

1. Public information - posted by an agency or organization
2. Private information = posted by a person

Question 6

the two categories of intellectual property

Answer 6

1. Industrial property = trademarks, logos, inventions, industrial designs
2. Copy right material = literacy and artistic works

Question 7

Digital divide

Answer 7

he gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology (ICT), and those that don’t or have restricted access.