Download or read book Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information written by Paul H. Rubin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hon. Orrin G. Hatch United States Senate Electronic commerce will be pivotal to the United States economy in the 21 SI Century. With the advent ofelectronic commerce, some consumers have become concerned about the disclosure, transfer, and sale of information which businesses have collected about them. These concerns purportedly are slowing the rate ofexpansion ofelectronic commerce, thereby putting at risk the future growth of the New Economy. To reduce this risk, a variety of schemes have been proposed under which the government would regulate online privacy. Congress currently is in the midst ofa vigorous debate as to whether the government should regulate on-line privacy standards, and, ifso, what form such regulation should take. This succinct yet powerful book by Paul Rubin and Thomas Lenard goes to the heart of these issues. It explains that there is no evidence of actual consumer harm or market failure that could justify burdensome government regulation of online privacy. It describes the tremendous advantages consumers currently receive from the free flow of information collected on line, advantages which could be eliminated if the government unnecessarily regulates and stops this flow of information. It argues that the free market provides businesses with compelling incentives to adopt their own measures - such as seal programs and novel technologies - to assuage consumer privacy concerns. This book presents compelling evidence to support these and many other points central to the continuing debate in the halls of Congress and elsewhere concerningonline privacy.
Download or read book Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This would be the only outcome possible if the regulations prohibit the use of information for purposes other than that for which it was originally collected, which sometimes is the case (and appears to be the case in the House bill). [...] As with other privacy measures, they do this not by prohibiting outright the sharing of the data or the use for specific purposes, but rather by requiring the company to obtain the consumer's explicit consent for the use of his or her data. [...] Benefits of Out-Sourcing: Economies of Scale A major source of the efficiencies associated with outside contracting is the potential for economies of scale in some activity, so that the optimal (i.e., cost- minimizing) level of the activity is larger than the amount of the output that is used by any one firm. [...] It is important to remember that shifting the locus of the activity from outside to inside does not necessarily change the scope of the activity, so the FCC's claim that it is "axiomatic that the more companies have access to CPNI, the greater the risk of unauthorized disclosure through disclosure by insiders or computer intrusion" is, in fact, not axiomatic. [...] If the internal subsidiaries of the two legacy companies tried to legally merge to eliminate the differences, they might find that the less-regulated subsidiaries would now be subject to the increased regulation associated with the more regulated divisions.
Download or read book Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information written by Thomas M. Lenard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent efforts to regulate the use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) attempt to address consumer concerns regarding privacy and possible fraudulent use of information. However, the FCC rulemaking issued earlier this year would do little to curtail illegal uses of CPNI. The FCC itself acknowledges that there is no evidence of unauthorized disclosures by the very entities it is regulating. Also, there is no evidence that the proposed security provisions improve on methods the telecom companies themselves already are using to prevent costumer data from being illegitimately obtained.Regulations restricting the sharing of CPNI with outside contractors or partners would impose substantial compliance costs. Businesses could be forced to in-source some functions, such as marketing, which could be more cheaply and effectively performed by a specialized firm. Some businesses may also choose to restructure or reorganize their companies in order to comply with the restrictions. The significant costs of restructuring would vary from company to company and could be unfairly influenced by existing discrepancies in regulation. This extra cost would ultimately be passed onto the consumer.Significant costs would also be incurred if businesses chose to make do with less information. Businesses would find it difficult to accurately tailor product marketing to consumers. Also, less information would be available for the successful development of new products to fit the needs of consumers. Consumers would lose out on these potential new services and would not be as informed about products already available. We conclude that the inefficiency created in the market by lack of free-flowing information would therefore harm businesses and consumers alike.
Download or read book Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privacy is a growing concern in the United States and around the world. The spread of the Internet and the seemingly boundaryless options for collecting, saving, sharing, and comparing information trigger consumer worries. Online practices of business and government agencies may present new ways to compromise privacy, and e-commerce and technologies that make a wide range of personal information available to anyone with a Web browser only begin to hint at the possibilities for inappropriate or unwarranted intrusion into our personal lives. Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of privacy in the information age. It explores such important concepts as how the threats to privacy evolving, how can privacy be protected and how society can balance the interests of individuals, businesses and government in ways that promote privacy reasonably and effectively? This book seeks to raise awareness of the web of connectedness among the actions one takes and the privacy policies that are enacted, and provides a variety of tools and concepts with which debates over privacy can be more fruitfully engaged. Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age focuses on three major components affecting notions, perceptions, and expectations of privacy: technological change, societal shifts, and circumstantial discontinuities. This book will be of special interest to anyone interested in understanding why privacy issues are often so intractable.
Download or read book Privacy and Big Data written by Terence Craig and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of what constitutes Big Data is information about us. Through our online activities, we leave an easy-to-follow trail of digital footprints that reveal who we are, what we buy, where we go, and much more. This eye-opening book explores the raging privacy debate over the use of personal data, with one undeniable conclusion: once data's been collected, we have absolutely no control over who uses it or how it is used. Personal data is the hottest commodity on the market today—truly more valuable than gold. We are the asset that every company, industry, non-profit, and government wants. Privacy and Big Data introduces you to the players in the personal data game, and explains the stark differences in how the U.S., Europe, and the rest of the world approach the privacy issue. You'll learn about: Collectors: social networking titans that collect, share, and sell user data Users: marketing organizations, government agencies, and many others Data markets: companies that aggregate and sell datasets to anyone Regulators: governments with one policy for commercial data use, and another for providing security
Download or read book Privacy Law Answer Book 2019 Edition written by Jeremy Feigelson and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-07 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privacy Law Answer Book answers key questions related to the evolving collection, use, and storage of consumers' personal information. The Q&A-formatted guide makes clear sense of the patchwork of federal, state and international laws and regulations, with expert guidance on privacy policies, COPPA, financial privacy, medical privacy, and more. Edited by Jeremy Feigelson (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP), the Answer Book will help readers keep clients and companies one step ahead of the data privacy challenges of tomorrow.
Download or read book Consumer Privacy and Data Protection written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974 written by United States. Department of Justice. Privacy and Civil Liberties Office and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974," prepared by the Department of Justice's Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (OPCL), is a discussion of the Privacy Act's disclosure prohibition, its access and amendment provisions, and its agency recordkeeping requirements. Tracking the provisions of the Act itself, the Overview provides reference to, and legal analysis of, court decisions interpreting the Act's provisions.
Download or read book The Right to Privacy written by Samuel D. Brandeis, Louis D. Warren and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Right to Privacy by Samuel D. Warren, Louis D. Brandeis
Download or read book The Digital Person written by Daniel J Solove and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Solove presents a startling revelation of how digital dossiers are created, usually without the knowledge of the subject, & argues that we must rethink our understanding of what privacy is & what it means in the digital age before addressing the need to reform the laws that regulate it.
Download or read book Privacy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Privacy Matters written by Neil Richards and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about what privacy is and why it matters. Governments and companies keep telling us that Privacy is Dead, but they are wrong. Privacy is about more than just whether our information is collected. It's about human and social power in our digital society. And in that society, that's pretty much everything we do, from GPS mapping to texting to voting to treating disease. We need to realize that privacy is up for grabs, and we need to craft rules to protect our hard-won, but fragile human values like identity, freedom, consumer protection, and trust.
Download or read book APEC Privacy Framework written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Privacy in an Information Society written by United States. Privacy Protection Study Commission and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online written by Gina Stevens and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal info. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal info. and has been addressed by Congress on a sector-by-sector basis. Some contend that this is insufficient to meet the demands of today¿s technology. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Federal Legal Framework for the Privacy of Online Personal Info.: Constitutional Protections; Statutory Protections; (3) The Federal Trade Comm. (FTC): FTC Enforcement Actions Concerning the Privacy of Personal Info.; (4) Recent Policy Initiatives; (5) Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond written by Gideon Toury and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A replacement of the author's well-known book on Translation Theory, In Search of a Theory of Translation (1980), this book makes a case for Descriptive Translation Studies as a scholarly activity as well as a branch of the discipline, having immediate consequences for issues of both a theoretical and applied nature. Methodological discussions are complemented by an assortment of case studies of various scopes and levels, with emphasis on the need to contextualize whatever one sets out to focus on.Part One deals with the position of descriptive studies within TS and justifies the author's choice to devote a whole book to the subject. Part Two gives a detailed rationale for descriptive studies in translation and serves as a framework for the case studies comprising Part Three. Concrete descriptive issues are here tackled within ever growing contexts of a higher level: texts and modes of translational behaviour in the appropriate cultural setup; textual components in texts, and through these texts, in cultural constellations. Part Four asks the question: What is knowledge accumulated through descriptive studies performed within one and the same framework likely to yield in terms of theory and practice?This is an excellent book for higher-level translation courses.
Download or read book Personal Information written by Linda D. Koontz (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
