Chapter 5 questions
QUESTION
1. Analyze the costs and benefits of a legal resolution to the privacy problem. Is the European model worth emulating in the United States?
2. What is your general assessment of those snippets of code called cookies or beacons that collect personal data about buying habits? What about Facebook’s datr cookie? Do they help or hurt consumers?
3. Is it morally acceptable for an employer to inspect the contents of a computer paid for by the corporation but installed at an employee’s home? How would you define the scope of workplace privacy rights?
4. Almost every major commercial website has a privacy policy. Visit one of the sites (Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) in order to read and evaluate that policy. Is the policy clear and comprehensible? Does it affor enough protection for site’s customers? For example, check out a site such as https://policies.yahoo.com/in/en/yahoo/privacy/index.htm?redirect=nobook