Group 7 Exploring Privacy through policies, laws and human rights down to the bits Daniel Beach Alex Cruz Rahmatullah Ismail Conrad Skye Sandoval David Saunders

Topics Progression of Laws Laws of the US v. Other countries Events that have affected Laws and Policies Actions being taken Crime and Punishment Current Events Questions

Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to keep their lives and personal affairs out of public view, or to control the flow of information about themselves.  Wikipedia Privacy

Hot Topic Advancements in Technology Cyberspace Cell Phones World Events: 9/11, War on Terror Controversial Pen register w/out warrant Right US Constitution contains "penumbras" that implicitly grant a right to privacy against government intrusion.

Progression of Law Progression of laws, since inception Human Rights Privacy

Progression of Law Human Rights - refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity, nationality, and sex.

Progression of Law Bill of Rights – 1791 (Ratified) United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – 1948 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – 1976

Progression of Law Justices of the Peace Act – st, 3 rd, 4 th, and 9 th amendments were interpreted Examples Griswold v Connecticut Eisenstadt v. Baird First data protection law – 1974 Now – laws are extended to include electronic data

Progression of Law Other laws had to be created to challenge new threats COPPA – protecting children Digital Millennium Copyright Act – DRM circumvention Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

United States Vs. Other Countries United States - Democratic China - Communist Russia - Communist

Events that have changed Policies and Laws Hacking Virus Wiretapping Spam Trojan horse

What is being done Anti-Virus programs exist MacAfee Norton Free ones do exist AVG Available at:

What is being done Microsoft Spam Attorney General FBI CIA

Crime and Punishment Fraud Title 18, USC Establishment of Offense Punishment Comes in two flavors 1. Serving Time 2. Pay Fine and Serve Time

Crime and Punishment Cont. Fraud Cases: California man receives 27 months for obtaining private bank account information. (2003) 33-year-old former customer service representative charged with selling private data from 30,000 accounts with a cost of $2.7 million. $1 million in fines 35 years in Federal Prison

Current Events FBI Carnivore System ePassports Veterans Affair Data Theft Google’s Battle with Justice Department

Carnivore Packet sniffing program developed by the FBI in 1999 much speculation and concern regarding the implementation, usage, and possible abuses contracted the IIT Research Freedom of Information Act eventually discarded in January 2005

ePassports Privacy Issues Safety Issues Skimming Viruses Fixes

Veterans Affair Data Theft May 3, Million People Largest SSN Breach Other Incidents Policy Problems

Google vs Justice Department August of 2006 COPA 1 Mil Internet addresses Random sampling of 1 million search queries Google forced to comply 50,000 web addresses Precedent

Conclusion Progression of Laws Laws of the US v. Other countries Events that have affected Laws and Policies Actions being taken Crime and Punishment Current Events

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