Leg 500 Assignment 2

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Assignment # 2 – The Value of Digital Privacy in an Information Technology Age Strayer University LEG 500: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Prepared for: Augustine Weekley, JD 2/24/2013 Abstract This assignment is about the digital privacy. Throughout this assignment will be discussed the recent technologies that allow citizens to research personal and private data about others individuals on the internet. It will analyze what advantages or disadvantages come out of the easy digital access to personal data and public records. In addition, it will discuss the existence of federal laws that enable individuals to have access to public records. And will provide information in some of the alternatives created and available for individuals to protect and prevent the abuse or theft of their personal data thru the internet. List and describe at least three (3) technologies that allow an individual to research citizens’ private data. When researching for citizens’ or individuals’ private data, three technologies that assist in the process are: search engines, social network, and medical records. In search engines, two of the most used are Google and Dogpile. Google is an introductory search engine that is considers being the number one search engine in the internet. At the mention or entry of an individual’s name Google will search billion of websites providing information as addresses, phone numbers, images, and affiliations like social networks, among others. Dogpile is a multi-search engine, that access or interface with many search engines, including Google, making easy to all together search data. Another type of search engines are those specialize in more specific and in depth research database, that not only provides general information but could provide data from assets, deeds, public records, and historical records. Within the most
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