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Ethical Issues in Modern Information Technology and Privacy Concerns

Explore the evolution of ethical challenges in data duplication, privacy concerns, and societal impacts of changing technology in the Information Age. Discover the ethical dilemmas surrounding privacy and the use of personal data in various sectors.

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Ethical Issues in Modern Information Technology and Privacy Concerns

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  1. Ethics Ethical Issues

  2. Modern Problems • Change in cost of duplication of information • before xerox & computer disks vs. after • Change in cost of data collection & data analysis • manual techniques vs. automatic Results Ethical questions arise that could not have been a problem before. Ethical Issues

  3. Privacy Issues Since information is the essence of the modern Industrial Revolution, privacy is an easy victim. • Social Security Number • Driver License • Medical Records • Arrest (& Conviction) Records Ethical Issues

  4. Privacy & the Soc. Sec. Nmbr. • The Social Security Number was originally set up as a part of a national retirement system, it is now extensively used as a “human identification” number. • It can be (and has been) used in “identity theft” by creating records that allow a criminal to purchase items against the credit of another person. Ethical Issues

  5. Privacy & the Driver License • Designed to control access to the “permission to drive”. • Since it is required that a driver keep the address current, and since its existence is a public record, the tape of these records has been easily available for sale from many states. • This rule is changing as we watch. Ethical Issues

  6. Privacy & Medical Records • Nearly universally linked via the Social Security Number, these records can and have been used to deny employment to people who have difficult-to-treat illnesses. Ethical Issues

  7. Privacy & Videotape Rentals • The Bork Law is an example of one way to solve the problem of Privacy in the Information Age. • When Judge Bork was being considered for the US Supreme Court, his videotape rental data was introduced as evidence. Congress was so incensed at this that a special law was passed .… enough said about that. Ethical Issues

  8. What is Ethics Ethics is usually considered a personal thing. • Professional Groups often set up codes of ethics. • These codes are, perhaps, half way between personal ethics and legal requirement. Ethical Issues

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