Privacy Flashcards
Liberalism
Major political ideologies of modern world
Importance it attaches to the civil and political rights of individuals
Liberals demand a substantial realm of personal freedom (speech, conscience, occupation, …)
A liberal is not a political party
Liberalism and privacy
Depends of the concept we have of the individual
No one has any clear idea what it is to mean the right to privacy
Privacy
Behavioural: where a person has been or what they have done, protecting actions
Informational: how, when, and what information is communicated to others
Impacts of ICTs
Computers make new threats possible
Freedom from intrusion, surveillance, and control of information
Data vs metadata
Data: a recording of a cellphone conversation between Y and X
Metadata: Y called X, talked for 10 mins in city C
Metadata can have more information then the data
Less restrictions on metadata
Uses of ICTs
- Invisibility of data gathering: unknown or confusing (satellite, cookies)
- Ease of secondary use: using data for purpose other then person approved (sale info to others)
- Linking data records: combining and comparing info from multiple databases (gov getting data from commercial sources not allowed to)
- Profiling: surveys, records, purchases
- Monitoring: real time (GPS, networks, phones)
Big brother
George Orwell where lack of privacy taken to the extreme (everything is observed) how would people act?
Initially only applied to the government
Us created 1974 privacy act
First gen Fair information principles
- No personal data record keeping systems in gov secret
- Individual able to find out what information is in a record and how used
- Prevent information about them being used for another purpose without consent
- Correct information if it is incorrect
- Organization storing records must assure reliability of data for intended use
Federal legislation
Gov computer systems used for certain purposes and goals (law, fraud)
Canada: privacy act of 1983
Legislation normally introduced as a result of political, legal, and constitutional considerations
US constitution
Made is 1776 and amended to changes in society
Four amendment: used if privacy related legislation but the word privacy does not appear in the amendment
Canadian constitution
Repatriation in 1982
Section 8: for privacy, everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure
This protects people and not places
Protects the person that owns the device
Privacy protection restricted to information which is personal and confidential and serves to promote the individuals dignity
Pipedas fair information principles
- Accountability
- Identifying purposes
- Consent
- Limiting collection
- Limiting use, disclose, and retention
- Accuracy
- Safeguards
- Openess
- Individual access
- Challenging compliance
- Accountability
Orgainisation is responsible for information that is under its control and should have someone accountable
- Indentifying purposes
Purposes for which personal information is collected shall be identified by the organization at or before collection
- Consent
The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for collection, use, or disclosure of personal information except where inappropriate
- Limiting collection
Collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the organization. Collected by fair and lawful means
- Limiting use, disclosure, and retention
Personal info shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected execpt with consent of the individual or as required by law. Info retained only as long as necessary