How and why we obtain information AAUSS obtains personal information about you from the following sources: • You register as a member • You contact us via email or through our website • Transactional activity (for example contributions) • Personal information obtained may include o Name o Address o Email address o Age o IP address o Credit card information from donors o Other information as needed to provide services you request We may use this information to process requests, to respond to inquiries from you, to accept donations made to us or processed through a third party affiliated with our website, or to offer and deliver new programs and services. How we protect your information We use procedural, electron, and physical protection methods, and we adapt these as necessary for changes in requirements or …show more content…
Information may be shared with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf, however these service providers are not authorized to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. Personal information that we collect may be shared with government agencies, law enforcement or other regulatory bodies when necessary or required by law. Online privacy Privacy and security online are just as critical as the rest of our operations. To maintain online privacy and to protect AAUSS systems from unauthorized access, AAUSS uses firewalls, encryption, authentication procedures, and any other additional methods needed. When you visit AAUSS websites, we may collect certain information such as navigational information, browser type, device type, Internet protocol address, pages visited, and average time spent on AAUSS websites. This helps us to maintain online security, facilitate site navigation, and improve AAUSS website design and functionality. Cookies Do we use
However, protection of our citizen’s privacy is of utmost importance. Police and other law enforcement agencies have to learn to work with and around the laws in order to get their job done.
In order to protect the application servers from the internet, the most common un-trusted network, the proposal suggests a firewall to be installed between the internal network and external router. The firewall would be an Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewall, "the ASA is not just a pure hardware firewall. In brief, the Cisco ASA is a security device that combines firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, and virtual private network (VPN) capabilities. It provides proactive
Some service users may not approve of the fact that their information is being shared with many professionals as they prefer to have minimal amount of professionals to be involved in their illness.
The government must prove that the records are relevant and helpful in capturing a target first, but essentially the government can make a company give them private information.
We now accept the sharing and digital storage of our personal information as a necessary evil. We continue to incorporate, into our lives, technology that uses this data. Microsoft and Google are envisioning and developing ways to commercialize the use of even more of our stored personal information.
The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, better known as the Privacy Rule, that took effect in April 2003 for large entities and a year later for small ones, was established as the first set of national standards for the protection of health information. This rule was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to meet the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Privacy Rule was born out of a need for health information to be appropriately protected yet still allowing the health information to be shared to ensure quality health care and to protect the public’s health and well being. It allows for the protection of the privacy of the patient and yet it also permits vital uses of information.
It has long been believed that information is power. Thus, people collecting personal information in ...
The United States government is up to its ears in the personal information it has collected from its citizens. Americans are becoming increasingly “aware of these slowly eroding walls of privacy,”(Hirsh) and more than half polled admit concern “about the overall accumulation of personal information about them “by […] law enforcement, government, […] and other groups,” though “they accept it as an unavoidable modern phenomenon” (Hirsh). The question is, how far is too far to trust the government with the collection, proper storage, and usage of this information? Studies show that “Americans believe that business, government, social-media sites, and other groups are accessing their most personal information without their consent” (Hirsh). People should be given the ability to admit or deny access to their personal information. The government does not have a right to use whatever information it wants for any purpose it wishes. Michael Hayden, once the NSA director for seven years, says, “Even I recognize that it's one thing for Google to know too much, because they aren't putting me in jail. It's another thing for government, because they can coerce me” (Hirsh). The United States government's ability to collect information about its citizens and residents should be restricted by what kind of information it can take, how it can acquire it, and what it can use it for.
... potentially criminal. Similar to the collection of consumer data, the information gathered by the government is also subject to abuse by people who are granted access privilege. For example, in 2007, a federal agent was charged with using a government database to track the travel pattern of his ex-girlfriend (Lee).
This can make the process of narrowing down suspects much easier. Databases of citizens’ personal information can also be found. Therefore a person could be found easily when needed for questioning.
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In the world today, information is an important aspect in almost every part of our life. From what time the movie we want to see begins to whether we should buy stock in Dell or IBM, we depend on accurate information. Is this kind of information a commodity? The dictionary defines a commodity as something valuable or useful (Webster 1993). Presently, information is a commodity because people are willing to pay high prices for information in order to make better decisions. In this paper, I will give many examples of how information acts as a commodity. I will also show how information acts as a commodity in other areas than just technology and business.
Data privacy issues arise in wide range of areas such as healthcare records, financial information, regarding genetic material in biology, geographical records, criminal justice and investigations and also in the use of
When I think about knowledge the first thing that comes to my mind is education. I believe that knowledge comes to people by their experiences in life. In other words, life is an instrument that leads me to gain knowledge. Many people consider that old people are wise because they have learned from good and bad experiences throughout their lives. Education requires work, dedication and faith to gain knowledge. We acquired knowledge through the guidance of from parents, role models, college/University teachers and life experiences.