Chapter 5 questions

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