Information Technology Acts Paper With the internet changing constantly every day the United States Congress are implementing many legislative acts to address concerns with the usage of different kinds of technology. There are many advances in information technology that resulted in ethical issues such as the creation of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) which was put into law in the year of 2000 by Congress. This law addresses any concerns about access to offensive content on the internet
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Information Technology Acts As information technology continues to advance so does the need to protect consumers from the new ethical issues that arises. Congress tries to protect consumers from numerous ethical issues through developing and passing of laws. These advances happen so rapidly that it becomes difficult to foresee ethical issues. One of many ethical issues related to information technology is the ease of access to consumers’ personal information. Telemarketing companies’ acquire
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cause loss Vulnerability - weakness in a target that can potentially be exploited by a threat security Privacy - groups & individuals have the right to determine to what extent‚ how‚ to whom‚ when their information is disclosed Data mining - searching & analyzing masses of data to find patterns & develop new information or knowledge Computer profiling - analyzing data in computer files to determine characteristics of people who are likely to engage in certain behaviour Data protection
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Information Technology Acts Paper Shawanda Donelson BIS/220 March 31‚ 2012 Jacquelyn Jones Information Technology Acts Paper In the 1990s the Internet became popular‚ which children then had unsupervised access. Children were exposed to porn and other harmful materials. Congress tried to stop it and put it into law‚ but each direction it went was determined as being unconstitutional. To an extent‚ technology finally prevailed. Congress should not pass a law penalizing distributors
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Technology is a knowledge of using tools and machines to do tasks more efficiently. We use technology to control the world we live in. Since the art of making fire and creating handcrafted tools‚ our civilization has come a long way. Science and Technology are making advances at an astonishing rate. From telephones to the Internet‚ calculators to computers‚ cars to rockets and satellites‚ we are part of a new world of discoveries and inventions made possible by Science. Fields like Medicine and
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Information Technology Acts Paper Aaron Smith BIS/220 April 9‚ 2013 Gordon Jensen Information Technology Acts Paper This paper will explore two information technology acts; along with what ethical issues and information technology advances that caused the acts to be in place. The two acts that will be covered will be the electronic funds transfer act of 1978‚ and the children’s internet protection act of 2000. According to Rainer and Cegielski (2011) “Ethics refers to the principles of right
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Information Technology Acts Information Technology Acts Almost every home‚ school‚ and library in the United States‚ has computers and access to the internet. Although computers are vital to children’s success in school‚ the Internet can expose them to inappropriate material and online predators. With the constant advances in technology over the years‚ the increase in Internet use by children and teenagers has resulted in concerns about preventing illegal Internet activities. In an attempt to
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Information Communication And Technology (ICT) The Latest Development in Network and Communications 1.0 INTRODUCTION Computer Network A computer network is a system of interconnected computers and peripheral. Communications Communications is about the transfer of information from a sender‚ across a distance‚ to a receiver. 2.0 MOBILE COMPUTING Mobile Computing is a generic term used to refer to a variety of devices that allow people to access data and information from where ever they
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Information Technology Acts Bonnie Espanol BIS/220 December 6‚ 2011 Allan Bailey Information Technology Acts Congress has enacted many laws to protect the ethics of the citizens of the United States within the age of technology. Several of these laws or acts are less than a decade old. As our nations technology progresses the laws on technology in the United States progress right along with it. Two of the acts are going to be discussed within this paper these acts are Computer Fraud
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Information Technology Acts Necessity BIS/220 January 28‚ 2013 Information Technology Acts Necessity Children are our society’s most valuable and fragile resources. It is our responsibility as parents‚ adults‚ and caregivers to provide our children with as many safeguards to protect them from physical and virtual dangers. Children are spending more and more time on the internet and without the proper protection and supervision they can be exposed to indecent or harmful material or predators
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