Ethics and Privacy

Question 1

what are the moral dimensions of an internet society

Answer 1

Information rights
Property rights
Governance
Public safety and welfare

internet technology and its use in e-commerce disrupts existing social and business relationships and understandings. There are no clear cut guidelines

Question 2

what are some e-commerce privacy issues?

Answer 2

availability of personal data
ease of tracking a person’s activities
responsibility of people/firms to protect personal data

Question 3

what are the main tools used to gather PII (personally identifiable information)

Answer 3

search engines
site transaction logs
cookies
shopping carts 
forms

Question 4

how can individuals protect their privacy online?

Answer 4

secure email
anonymous surfing
cookie managers

Question 5

what are ethical issues associated with internet in the workplace?

Answer 5

monitoring of employees’ emails/IMs
is this unethical?
organisations are held financially responsible for their employees’ actions - is the organisation at risk if it doesn’t monitor employees

Question 6

what are some monitoring technologies

Answer 6

ket logger or key trapper
hardware key logger
cookies
adware
web log