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BUS 223
Chapter Seven Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Privacy | The right to be "let alone" within a personal zone of solitude, and/or the right to control information about oneself |
Privacy rights | The legal and ethical sources of protection for privacy in personal data |
Reciprocal Obligation | An individual whom expects respect for his or her personal autonomy also has a reciprocal obligation to respect the autonomy of others |
Hypernorms | Values that are fundamental across culture and theory |
Moral free space | When a decision is not in conflict with a hypernorxm, it rests within moral free space and reasonable minds may differ as to what is ethical. |
Property rights perspective | The boundaries defining actions that people can take in relation to other people regarding their personal information. If someone has a right to their personal information, someone else has a duty to observe that right |
Fourth Amendment Protection | Protection against unreasonable search and seizure tends privacy protections to the public sector workplace through the constitution's application to state action |
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 | Statute that establishes the provisions for access, use, disclosure, interception, and privacy protections relating to electronic communications. |
Intrusion into Seclusion | Occurs when someone intentionally intrudes on the private affairs of another when the intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person. |
Reasonable expectation of privacy | When an individual is notified that information will be shared or space will not be private, there is likely no reasonable expectation of privacy. |
European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection | EU Legislation seeking to remove potential obstacles to cross-border flows of personal data, to ensure a high level of protection within the EU, and to harmonize protections across Europe and with those countries that do business with EU. |
Personal Data | Any information relating to an identifiable person, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to one or more factors specific to her or his physical, physiological, eval, economic, cultural, or social identity. |
Safe Harbour Exception | Considered "adequate standards" of privacy protection for U.S.-based companies under the European Union's Data Protection Directive. |
Email monitoring | The maintenance and either periodic or random review of e-mail communications of employees or others for a variety of business purposes |
Internet Use Monitoring | The maintenance and either periodic or random review of the use of the Internet by employees or others based on time spent or content accessed for a variety of business purposes. |
(HIPPA) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | Employers cannot use protected health information in making employment decisions without prior consent. Protected health information includes all medical records or other individually identifiable health information |
ed to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 | Statute designed to increase the surveillance and investigative powers of law enforcement agencies in the United States in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 |