Group Assignment: Post # 5

Case 1. Businesses violate privacy:

Copying someone's work has never had any respect. Copyright legal issues are such a concern mainly because of the nature of the environment online, where much of the content provided is for free.

The internet provides such an excellent opportunity for people to cooperate and share information and then allow access to it for free. The problem is that some people believe the word 'free' is a license to obtain content, reproduce it and use it to their own advantage.

But it is false. Just because someone writes or shows content online that may be accessed free of charge does not mean you could take it and pass it off as your own or use it for some commercial purpose. You cannot, for example, take a few paragraphs from an article on a book, website or blog, copy them and then use them on your own website without acknowledging the author or writer or asking permission to republish it.

To avoid privacy violation:

If there is content online or offline that you find interesting or useful and want to use for your business, always check the copyright protection first. Usually, the copyright notice is indicated on the material. If it's not, it's probably copyrighted anyway unless the author, illustrator or owner gives his permission to reprint or reproduce his content. If the use of content is freely allowed and contains information that is not considered unlawful, it's safe to republish it.

Case 2. Businesses violate privacy:

Privacy on the Internet is increasingly under attack, as searches and visits are routinely recorded and combined into personal and behavioral profiles by search engines and other websites. Potential implications of these privacy violations are misused personal data, identity theft, harassment or even criminal usage.

To avoid privacy violation:

To use search engines like "Ixquick" which would delete privacy details like IP-addresses within 48 hours and abolish the use of ID cookies. Ixquick does not share any personal data of its users with third parties. Finally, people could search and get the best results - and full privacy.



Case 3. Businesses violate ethical rights:

Employers may be monitoring or reading employees’ email or conversation without previous consent from employees.

To avoid ethical rights violations:

Employers have to use notification techniques to inform their employees about the forthcoming monitoring, detail which private data would be collected and in which way it will be used.

Reference:
http://www.articlesbase.com/
http://www.ixquick.com/