Chapter 1: Introduction to Privacy Flashcards
Definition of Privacy
The desire of people to freely choose the circumstance and the degree to which individuals will expose their attitudes and behavior to others
What are the 4 categories/classes of privacy?
- Information
- Bodily
- Territorial
- Communications
What is Information Privacy?
Information Privacy is the collection and handling of personal information.
What is Bodily Privacy?
Bodily Privacy is a person’s physical being and any invasion thereof.
What is Territorial Privacy?
Territorial Privacy is the placing of limits on the ability to intrude into another individual’s environment.
What is Communications Privacy?
Communications Privacy is the protection of the means of correspondence.
What provisions of privacy protection are built into the US Constitution?
- 3rd Amendment
- banned soldiers from living in people’s homes
- 4th Amendment
- requires a search warrant before entering a home
- 5th Amendment
- prohibits people from being compelled to testify against themselves
- 14th Amendment
- requirement of due process under the law
- protects against intrusions into a person’s bodily autonomy
What declaration formally announced that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home, or correspondence”?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations (December 1948)
What does Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms (1950) state?
“Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”
What are the 4 models of privacy protection
- Comprehensive
- Sectoral
- Self-regulatory
- Technology
What are the laws in the area of protecting information about individuals called?
Privacy law
What is “Privacy law” also known as?
Data privacy or information privacy law, and data protection law
FIPs stands for:
Fair Information Practices
What are FIPs also known as?
Fair Information Privacy Practices or Principles
What are FIPs?
FIPs are guidelines for handling, storing, & managing data with privacy, security, and fairness in an information society that is rapidly evolving.
What are some important codifications of FIPs?
- 1973 US Department of Health, Education and Welfare Fair Information Practice Principles
- 1980 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (“OECD Guidelines”)
- 1981 Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data (“Convention 108”)
- The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC, 2004)
- The 2009 Madrid Resolution — International Standard on the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy
What are the 4 categories of FIPs?
- Rights of Individuals
- Controls on the Information
- Information Life Cycle
- Management
What should organizations address with regards to the rights of individuals?
- Notice
- Choice & Consent
- Data Subject Access
How should organizations address notice?
By providing notice about privacy policies and procedure and should identify the purpose for which personal information is collected, used, retained, & disclosed.