Information Technology Acts Nancy Plaisir BIS/220 July 17‚ 2013 Alex Preuss Information Technology Acts Chances are you have probably come across HIPPA before while in a doctor’s office in the past. HIPPA is the acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This Act was passed by Congress in 1996. As far as one can remember‚ medical files containing all medical and personal information were kept in locked drawers or file cabinets which were for authorized personnel’s only
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Information Technology Acts BIS/220 Introduction to Computer Application and Systems 22 October 2012 Information Technology Acts Often when governments pass laws and acts‚ it is to serve better the people within their country or jurisdiction at that moment as well as the foreseeable future. However with the quickly changing technology of today it is not always possible to pass laws that last very long when it aimed at controlling or monitoring certain technology. In the last few decades the
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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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Information Technologies Acts Jay Witter BIS/220 5/3/2013 Sharyn Deeringer Information Technologies Acts Have you ever been sitting at home relaxing when the phone rings and it is a telemarketer on the other line trying to sell you something? You didn’t reach out to the company on the other line prompting this intrusion. Most of the time‚ you don’t even want the product they are selling. This is an issue that has plagued millions of people across the United States since
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Information Technology Acts UOP: BIS/220 4 Mar 2013 Abstract Due to the increasing problem of stealing other people’s work and claiming it as your own‚ the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act was created. The internet has increased the availability of certain documents and had offered little protection to the people creating these works up until the NET Act. The internet has also made making and spending money much easier from the comfort of your home. The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA)
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Information Technology Acts Technology has advanced greatly in the recent years. The internet has made it is easy for people to get any information they want‚ which in return presents danger to minors. This advance in technology has opened new issues that need to be addressed. Children depend on adults to protect them from any harm and as a result government passed acts to prevent child abuse on the internet. The two acts being discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of
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BIS/220 December 2012 Week Five Learning Team Reflection Summary With the advancements in technology we all are introduced to new or improved forms. There are times when advancing and learning of new technologies is a wonderful thing as long as one can also retain new information along with previously learned knowledge. In last week’s teachings we have learned new functions and capabilities as well as had a refresher course on the Microsoft PowerPoint program. Along with this informative
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Information Technology Acts There were many advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts that the government had to implement. The two that will be discussed in this paper are the PATRIOT Act of 2001‚ and the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. Both of these acts were deemed necessary due to increasing terrorist threats for the PATRIOT Act‚ and for fairness in obtaining credit for the Fair Credit Reporting Act. US PATRIOT ACT
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|BIS/220 Version 1 | | |Introduction to Computer Application and Systems | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of Business Information Systems. Students learn to apply Microsoft® Office tools including
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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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