Personal, Legal, Ethical 
Privacy Issues
Employers search networking sites for background information on applicants
Monitoring systems are adopted by employers to check employees performance
Guidelines to minimize
the invasion of privacy
Limit access to personal information to those with authorization
Conduct business only with websites having privacy policies
Data collection must have a stated purpose
Privacy issues presented by email
Spam
Unsolicited email sent for advertising purposes
Sent in bulk using automated mailing software
Ease of access
Individuals should assume others have access to their messages
emails sent on company-owned computers are the property of the organization
Technologies used for data collection
Cookies
Small text files with unique ID tags
Embedded in a Web browser
Saved on the user's hard drive
Help websites customize pages for users
Considered invasion of privacy when user's information are used without consent
Install a cookie manager to disable cookie
Log files
Generated by Web server software
Record a user's actions on a website
Ethical issues of Information Technology
Privacy Policy
Code of Ethics
Types of Information
Public Information
Posted by public organizations/agencies
Censored for
Public policy reasons
Content considered offensive to political, religious or cultural group
Private Information
Posted by a person
Uncensored
Constitutional freedom of expressions
Censorship
Restricting access to the Web
CyberPatrol, CyberSitter, NetNanny prevents childrens access to certain websites
Categories in Intellectual Property
Industrial Property
Inventions, trademarks, logos & industrial designs
Copyrighted Material
Literary and artistic works
Covers online materials like Web pages, HTML code
Fair use Doctrine
Permits limited use of copyrighted material
without acquiring permissions from the rights
holders
Criticism, comment, research