COMM 104 Chapter 16: COMM 104 Chapter 16 Notes
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Comm 104 chapter 16: privacy, ethics, and technology. Information technology; the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and the networks for the processing and distribution of data. Historical underpinnings of privacy and its regulation. Privacy makes allowance for the desire of individuals to have a personal sphere and control over what is disclosed by them, or known about them by others. Identity theft; a particular type of information theft that generally involves not just obtaining personal information and using it on a limited basis, but adopting the innocent victim"s identity based on personal information in the perpetrator"s possession. Ethical underpinnings of privacy and its regulations. The ethical underpinnings of the privacy issue arise in at least a couple of respects. A concern about harm to individuals when their personal information is compromised and then used in a way that has a negative outcome for them.