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IssuesIssues

ObjectivesObjectives

Computers and Privacy Clipper chip Data communications, database

access, money transfer Protection of computers Privacy rights

Need for information vs. Need for information vs. right to privacyright to privacy

Cashless society Perception of timeliness Up-to-date information Right to privacy not explicit What does privacy mean?

credit checks mailing lists targeting

Wiretapping and the Wiretapping and the Clipper chipClipper chip

Should the government be able to decipher your encrypted communications?

E-mailE-mail

E-mail does not belong to you. (Yours belongs to BSU.)

This is not true of US Postal Service.

Should the owner of a machine be responsible for what is stored on it?

Record MatchingRecord Matching

Using information in separate dBs and matching on some key like SSN

MoneyMoney

Credit Reporting Error-filled

EFT -- Electronic Funds Transfer Automatic deposit, ATM, credit card,

etc. This is the trail of your life! Should these private collections be

licensed and controlled?

SecuritySecurity

Two meanings Access

password badge/card shut down machine/account when not

there

SecuritySecurity

Safety UPS--uninterrupted power supply surge protection off-site backups mirroring disaster recovery plan

NetworksNetworks

Intranet and Internet Firewall protection -- puts up a wall

between your LAN and the Internet Internet Server Logs Internet Cookies Encryption and Certificates

Should you accept cookies from strangers?

VirusesViruses

Protection -- buy a good virus checker and update it regularly.

LawLaw

You have the right to correct your credit record. You don not need to pay someone to do this.

You can ask the gov’t what they know about you. (However, you have to be pretty specific.)

Federal agencies and databases are subject to regulations, but not private individuals and info stores.

SummarySummary

Computers and Privacy Clipper chip Data communications, database

access, money transfer Protection of computers Privacy rights

Questions?Questions?