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New Privacy Issues Related to Cyberspace

Objective: Analyze personal privacy issues related to various personal and business-related cybersecurity scenarios.

Competencies: Critical thinking, communication skills

Select three organizations within the same industry for analysis —

1. Students should pick one industry from the displayed list below, and within that single industry, name 3 organizations for analysis.

2. Describe the mission of each (from their website), and examine and compare details of each stated privacy policy, then

3. For each organization, recommend policy changes that will enable each organization to (a) use sensitive customer information to increase business advantage and profitability, and (b) also protect customer personal information to avoid possible privacy or liability issues.

You may need to use trade journals and newspaper stories in your reference list. However, try to avoid opinion pieces (like blogs) that may not be factual. You may state your own opinions, but these must be strengthened by scholarly references.

Select three organizations within the same industry from the list below and
1. Briefly describe the organizations and their missions (stated on their web site).
2. Identify and list the similarities and differences among the organizations’ privacy policies.
3. For each organization, recommend changes to their policies that could (a) better protect customers’ or consumers’ privacy, and (b) give the organizations more flexibility to use personal information of customers while still avoiding privacy or liability issues.

The key topics covered this week include the following:

1. U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens rights as granted in the 4th amendment, the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, the Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), the PATRIOT Act, the Protect America Act, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
2. Additional privacy protective laws including the Fair credit reporting Act, and the Electronic Communication Privacy Act
3. Industry specific privacy laws–HIPAA, GLBA, and HITECH—p. 124-136 in the custom textbook

Length 5-7 pages

Prepare your paper in Word format. It should be double-spaced with one-inch margins all around. The citations and the reference list in the paper should be formatted in accordance with APA 6th edition guidelines.

Papers must include: cover page, table of contents, introduction, section headings and subheadings, conclusions, APA compliant in-text citations and list of references, and page numbers. The page count begins with the introduction and ends with the conclusions. The questions asked in the assignment should first be outlined (the outline is not included in the document), then the outline should be used to create the Table of Contents and the document sub-headings. The Introduction should briefly preview each sub-heading in the document.

Before you submit your paper, you will need to run your assignment through Turnitin.com and receive an originality report. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO THIS. It might take several hours to a day or two for Turnitin.com to do this. After your paper meets all of the stated criteria in the posting

Industry	Organizations
Social Media	LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, Twitter
Mobile Phone	Verizon Wireless, Cricket, AT&T Wireless, Metro PCS
Antivirus Software	AntiVirus Grisoft, Norton, McAfee, Microsoft, Kaspersky, Avast
eCommerce	eBay, Amazon, Craigslist, TigerDirect
Telecommunications	AT&T, Verizon, Sprint
Big Box	Walmart, Target, Costco, Sears
Streaming Media	Netflix, Blockbuster, Walmart (VUDU), Xbox
Search Engines	Google, Yahoo, Bing
Insurance Companies	Farmers Insurance Group, Monumental Life Insurance, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Fast Food	McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King
Online Higher Education	Drexel University Online, University of Maryland University College, Penn State World Campus, Coursera
Media	The Washington Post, The New York Times, CBS News, ESPN.com
Banks	Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, SunTrust, a credit union
Job Search Sites	USAjobs.gov, Monster.com, Indeed.com, Careerbuilder.com, Simplyhired.com
Grocery Stores	Safeway, Giant, Whole Foods, Kroger