just cause to suspect the employee is not abiding by the company policy on private internet and phone call usage. There is a law called the “Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986”‚ it is stating “Congress extended laws relating to wiretapping to electronic communications such as email and Internet use” (Springer‚ 2007). I recall hearing about this in the news‚ What I believe they were doing was allowing companies a certain amount of rights to protect themselves‚ yet still allowing
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rather die than have their natural born rights taken from them. They rather continue to be unsafe fighting for what they believe in‚ than safe in a corrupt society. In early 2013‚ Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the American NSA was wiretapping people’s phones and spying on everything Americans did online. The uproar was incredible and the American public began to reject and distrust the government even though they claimed they did it for American safety. People saw this as an invasion
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would give powers to state authorities to protect the homeland from such activities and attacks in the future. The proposed legislation was to give federal authorities the ability to monitor internet use‚ intercept emails and phone calls as well as wiretapping conversion between citizens and non citizens. The Act would also permit the detention of non citizens who are deemed to be dangerous to the home land (Center for American Progress 2005). This Act is by far one of the most controversial legislation
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these freedoms would most likely result in civil unrest. 4. After September 11 there was great discussion of furthering order to keep our nation safe. For example‚ many individuals argued for the right of the government to be able to increase its wiretapping powers in order to avert terrorist acts. Do you think the government should do more to keep citizens safe? Why or why not? What things would you be willing (or unwilling) to give up in order to maintain safety? I think the measures that government
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Nixon and Watergate: The Scandal that Blew Up in the Face of the Public The Watergate Scandal was one of the most hideous and corrupt events in American History. Ite started to a burglary; the burglary led to a major‚ corruption scandal; the scandal led to the president‚ which gave us the only resignation in presidential History (Karmi). The scandal can be shown in its beginnings‚ with all the spying they did: “... a massive campaign of political spying and ‘dirty tricks’ was initiated against the
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Top Facebook-Related Concerns Those who quit Facebook often quote privacy concern as their chief motivator leading to disconnect. Considering recent outbreak of privacy-related scandals‚ including NFA wiretapping and loss of financial data by Target‚ pressure to reconsider privacy issues mounts. According to Lee Munson with Naked Security‚ the predominant demographic of the population that recently started questioning the safety of their personal information online is mainly older adults. Interestingly
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college students‚ freedom is desired and shuns in a way unnecessary restrictions and regulations. Having terrorism haunt our nation though‚ it subjects citizen’s caution and want to have more security‚ but it can be done in other fashions besides wiretapping. Presented examples of privacy issues that everyone deals with that could influence someone to not agree with the government having access to
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The Government is Watching Us The United States government has been one of the most supreme governments ever to exist in the world. For years‚ there has not been a government that can compare to the US government. However‚ that does not mean that the US government is a perfect one. In fact‚ many of the government ’s tactics are being debated today. For example‚ after September 11‚ 2001‚ the US passed the Patriot Act on October 26‚ 2001. The term USA Patriot is an acronym which stands for Uniting
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Criminals Should Be Punished Or Not Debate criminals deserve to be punished. Most of the people would not hesitate to claim that those who break the law should be punished ans]d put into prison as long as possible in case they continue to endager our lives and property. Also‚ if criminals are not given any punishment they may commit crimes again and again.Crime in general is the worst thing a person can do because it violates the law and it is a violation against the victims.Therefore‚ to protect
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rights one owns‚ that are stated in the Bill of Rights. After 9/11 terrorist attacks President Bush and the Republican Congressed passed the patriotic Act.it undermined basic rights and freedom of the people. The government increased spying‚ wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. The united nations convention against torture of 1987‚the Geneva conventions of 1949‚the international convent of civil and political rights‚ are some of the many treaties that were put in place to bun torture or any
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