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• Etiquette is the rules indicating the proper and polite way to behave
• Social etiquette is important as it teaches how to behave in society
• Bathroom etiquette is the set of rules while using public restrooms
• Meeting etiquette is attending meeting, and seminar, one should bring notepad and pen, listen to the presenter and jot down important points for future references
• Netiquette is the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow on the internet

  • Short for Internet/Online Etiquette
• Digital Footprints/Digital Shadow is a trail of data you create while using the internet.
• Privacy is the right to be left alone - the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by a free people.
• Information privacy is a combination of:

  • Communications privacy - ability to communicate with others without being monitored by other persons or organizations
  • Data privacy - ability to limit access to one's personal data by other individuals and organizations in order to exercise a substantial degree control over that data and its use
• Privacy is the key concern of internet users and this is the top reason why nonusers still avoid the internet
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970) regulates operations of credit-reporting bureaus
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003) allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report once each year from each of the three primary consumer credit reporting companies
• Right to Financial Privacy Act (1978) protects the financial records of financial institution customers from unauthorized scrutiny by the federal government
• Opt-out policy assumes that consumers approve of companies collecting and storing their personal information

  • Favored by data collectors
• Opt-in policy must obtain specific permission from consumers before collecting any data

  • Favored by consumers
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) improves the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009) included strong privacy provisions for electronic health records
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (1998) includes websites catering to children must offer comprehensive privacy policies, notify parents or guardians about its data-collection practices, and receive parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (1974) assigns rights to parents regarding their children's education records. Rights transfer to student once student becomes 18.
• Communications Act of 1934 established the Federal Communications Commision (FCC)
• Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (Wiretap Act) regulates interception of telephone and oral communcations
• Freedom to Information Act (1966 amended 1974) grants citizens the right to access certain information and records of the federal government upon request
• Identity Theft is the theft of key pieces of personal information to impersonate a person
• Identity Theft is the fastest-growing form of fraud in the United States
• Data breaches of large databases may be causes by hackers or failure to follow proper security procedures to gain personal identity information
• Phishing is stealing personal identity data by tricking users into entering information on a counterfeit website
• Spyware is the keystroke-logging software and enables the capture of account usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers. It operates even if infected computer is not online.
• Consumer profiling is when companies openly collect personal information about internet users
• Cookies are the text files that a website can download to visitors' hard drives so that it can identify visitors later
• Aggregating consumer data are the databases containing a huge amount of consumer behavioral data
• Types of data collected: GET data, POST data, Click-stream data
• Personalization software is used by marketers to optimize the number, frequency, and mixture of their ad placements
• Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) shields users from sites that do not provide the level of privacy protection desired
• Camera surveillance

  • many cities plan to expand surveillance systems
  • advocates argue people have no expectation of privacy in a public place
• Global positioning system (GPS) chips is placed in many devices and precisely locate users
• Event refers to schedule one-time activities such as conferences as well as recurring events
• Google meet holds video meetings such as conduct classes, webinars, meeting and more
• Privacy enables us to create boundaries and protect ourselves from unwarranted interference in our lives, allowing us to negotiate who we are and how we want to interact with
• Data privacy is the right of individuals with respect to their personal information
• Data security ensures the integrity of the data to authorized parties
• Republic Act 10173 - Data Privacy Act of 2012 is a law that seeks to protect all forms of information, be it private, personal, or sensitive.