ICT 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Privacy Law, Whistleblower

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Information Communication Technology
• Course: ICT 410
• Professor: Sherali Zeadally

Document Summary

For most societies to function, people must give others power over ourselves. Nsa can implement its own procedures to ensure it is following the rules. Nsa trains its analysts in the regulations governing their work. Audit systems ensure that regulations are followed. Reporting and disciplinary procedures for situations when regulations are not followed. Doing things right and doing the right things. Privacy law scholar, peter swire wrote about a declining half-life secret. His message was that serets get exposed a lot sooner today due to technologies making those secrets harder to keep. Technology has shortened the time of relevant information that we should care about. We, as a society, need to do better on strategic oversight. More open debate about which limitations should be placed on government surveillance. Watchdog groups analyzing and debating the actions of those in power. Different organizations provide tactical oversight over one another. Recommended agency to cancel several programs because of privacy concerns.