Ethics and Privacy

·         Grades, salaries and ROP can be good examples of private information.

·         Utilitarian approach gives more goods than bad.

·         Rights approach is not giving private information to anyone without taking permission.

·         Fairness approach is giving your information to the society because it is beneficial.

·         Codes of ethics are the rules of ethics.

·         What is unethical is not necessary to be illegal.

·         Stealing people's information is considered to be unethical.

·         Breaking any law is considered to be illegal.

·         Privacy issues are about keeping the information private.

·         Accuracy issues means that information must be accurate and complete.

·         Property issues are about knowing the owner of the information.

·         Accessibility issues means that only you can see your information not others.

·         The society has more authority then the individuals on the private information.

·         Digital dossiers are private files and documents but in a digital form.

·         Examples for electronic surveillance: cameras, scanners and satellites.

·         Opt-out model is referred to a company which collect information from you unless you tell them not to do that.

·         Opt-in model means that you are not allowed to collect the personal information.