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MIS-4 Flashcards

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Acceptable use policy

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Set of rules specifying the legal and ethical use of a system and the consequences of noncompliance

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Accountability

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Issues involving both the user’s and the organization’s responsibilities and liabilities

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Nonrepudiation

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Method for binding all the parties to a contract

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Users should: _ _ _ _ to minimize the invasion of privacy

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  • Conduct business only with Web sites that have privacy policies
  • Limit access to personal information to those with authorization
  • Identify ways to prevent personal information gathered from being disclosed without consent
  • Be able to review their records and correct any inaccuracies
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Organizations must: _ _ _ _ _ _ to minimize the invasion of privacy

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  • Ensure data’s reliability and take precautions to prevent misuse of the data
  • Make sure any data collection has a stated purpose
  • Use verification procedures to ensure data accuracy
  • Correct or delete incorrect data and delete the data when it is no longer needed for the stated purpose
  • Not keep record-keeping systems that store personal data a secret
  • Take all necessary measures to prevent unauthorized access to data and misuse of data
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Federal Data Protection Laws

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  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA)
  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
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Spam

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Unsolicited e-mail sent for advertising purposes.

Sent in bulk using automated mailing software

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Cookies

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Small text files with unique ID tags that are embedded in a Web browser and saved on the user’s hard drive

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Log files

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Record a user’s actions on a Web site and are generated by Web server software

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Types of Information on the Web

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  • Public information

- Private Inormation

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Categories in Intellectual Property

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  • Industrial property
  • Copyrighted material
  • Trademark
  • Patent
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Laws Covering Software Piracy

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  • Telecommunications Act of 1996
  • Communications Decency Act (CDA)
  • Laws against spamming
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Cybersquatting

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Registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else’s trademark

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Typosquatting

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Relies on typographical errors made by Web users when typing a Web site address into a Web browser

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Digital Divide

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Divide created between the information rich and the information poor by information technology and the Internet

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Impact of Information Technology in the Workplace

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  • Creation of technical jobs, requiring extensive training
  • Increased consumers’ purchasing power
  • Direct effect on the nature of jobs
    = work from home
    = Organizations have wider range for employment
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Job deskilling

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Occurs when skilled labor is eliminated by high technology

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Virtual organizations

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Networks of independent companies, suppliers, customers, and manufacturers connected via information technologies

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Potential Benefits of Telecommuting

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  • Increased productivity
  • Decreased neighborhood crime (more time in home)
  • No commute
  • Reduced costs for office space and utilities
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Potential Drawback of Telecommuting

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  • No regulated work routine
  • Less interaction with coworkers
  • Family interruptions and household distractions
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Health Issues of Information Technology

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  • Vision problems
  • Musculoskeletal problems
  • Skin problems
  • Stress-related problems
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Green Computing

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  • Promotes a sustainable environment and consumes the least amount of energy
  • Involves the design, manufacture, use, and disposal of computers, servers, and computing devices with minimal impact on the environment
  • Requires cooperation of both private and public sectors
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Ways to Achieve Green Computing

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  • Designing products that last longer and are modular in design
  • Designing search engines and computing routines that are faster and consume less energy
  • Replacing underutilized smaller servers with one large server using a virtualization technique
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Key Terms:

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  • Acceptable use policy
  • Accountability
  • Non repudiation
  • spam
  • cookies
  • log files
  • intellectual property
  • Cyber squatting
  • Digital divide
  • Virtual organizations
  • Green computing

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