online digital privacy (final)
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Online Digital Privacy and Surveillance presentation given to MMC 6612 (New Media and a Democratic Society).TRANSCRIPT
Online Digital Privacy Online Digital Privacy and Surveillanceand Surveillance
A look at privacy law and social media in today’s society
The Myth of Media Interactivity --Technology, Communications and Surveillance
in Japan
by Kiyoshi Abe
Professional Athletes’ Shrinking Privacy Boundaries: Fans, Information and Communication Technologies, and Athlete Monitoring by Jimmy Sanderson
Author’s informationAuthor’s information Kiyoshi AbeKiyoshi Abe
Chairman
Department: School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
Research Interest: Media, Communication research
Degree: Doctorate (Sociology)
Abe believed that people do not mind being monitored through interactive media because they are not properly informed of such surveillance. He argued that it is not alright to use interactive media as surveillance tools, and he provides examples of “peer-to-peer” surveillance.
Author’s informationAuthor’s information Jimmy SandersonJimmy Sanderson
Graduate Student
Communication PhD
Hugh Downs School of Communication
Graduate Assistant/Associate
Published four articles
Sanderson discussed cases of employers
monitoring employees, specifically in the
world of sports. Sports organizations use
information provided by fans to monitor
professional athletes.
Privacy Law in the United StatesPrivacy Law in the United States
The Constitution and Bill of Rights do not actually declare a specific right of privacy.
Certain Amendments, such as the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unlawful searches or the Ninth Amendment’s declaration that the government cannot infringe upon a right regardless of its inclusion in the Constitution, do extend some protection upon citizens.
--Personal Right to Privacy in the US
Privacy Law in the United StatesPrivacy Law in the United States
Invasion of Privacy lawsuits cover four basic areas:◦Solitude◦Public disclosure◦False statements of character◦ Identity theft
Celebrities are considered to have willingly given up their right to privacy in the United States. (Tiger Woods)
Difference in EU and US Difference in EU and US Privacy LawsPrivacy LawsExamples:Examples:Personal information cannot be collected
without permission.Companies that process data must register
their activities with the government. Employers cannot read workers’ private e-
mail.Checkout clerks cannot ask for shoppers’
phone numbers.
Digital Privacy ConcernsDigital Privacy Concerns
Writing a few random thoughts in a blogDebasing an employer’s good character on
FacebookTweeting a complaint on Twitter
--can get people in trouble.
Google CEO Schmidt on Internet Google CEO Schmidt on Internet privacyprivacy
How secure are you online?How secure are you online?
Facebook’s privacy featuresFacebook apps giving usernames to advertise
rsThieves break into empty homes by reading F
acebook status updatesThe Library of Congress and TwitterUK resident fined for Twitter jokehttp://pleaserobme.com/Mashable article on pleaserobme.comMost people in the U.S. decline to use
location tracking software
School spies on students via School spies on students via laptop webcamslaptop webcams
Fighting for Digital PrivacyFighting for Digital Privacy
Stage Set for Showdown on Online Privacy
Database Snooping Worries Watchdogs
New technologies can be scaryNew technologies can be scary
You are being watchedYou are being watched
Track me if you canTrack me if you can