Deck 5: Information Privacy

Question 1

Manufacturers are replacing bar codes with because they give more information about the product and are easier to scan.

Answer 1

RFIDs / RFID tags

Question 2

The process of searching through one or more databases, looking for patterns or relationships, is called .

Answer 2

data mining

Question 3

With enhanced 911 service, cell phone providers are able to of active cell phone users.

Answer 3

determine the location

Question 4

An example of a public record is

A) a birth certificate.
B) a marriage license.
C) a deed to a house.
D) a record of a criminal conviction.
E) All of the above

Question 5

When information collected for one purpose is put to another purpose, that is called a of the data.

Question 6

Most commentators cite the benefits of privacy as a reason why people ought to have some privacy rights. A right that benefits society is called a

A) Constitutional right.
B) legal right.
C) natural right.
D) prudential right.
E) social right.

Question 7

A public record contains information about an incident or action reported to a government agency for the purpose of

A) enhancing public safety.
B) informing the public.
C) protecting the innocent.
D) regulating the economy.
E) upholding the law.

Question 8

Who wrote an influential paper in the 1890s urging that privacy rights be enacted into law?

A) Benn and Brandeis
B) Benn and Thomson
C) Levine and Benn
D) Thomson and Warren
E) Warren and Brandeis

Question 9

When information is put to another purpose, that is called a

A) backdoor exploit.
B) collaborative filter.
C) cookie.
D) data leveraging opportunity.
E) secondary use of the data.

Question 10

A contains information about an incident or action reported to a government agency for the purpose of informing the public.

Question 11

An RFID is

A) a magnetic bar code.
B) a microscopic bar code.
C) a wireless transmitter.
D) a biometric identification device.
E) a random field interferometry device.

Question 12

A policy that requires the consumer to explicitly give permission before an organization can share information with another organization is called

A) fair use.
B) full disclosure.
C) nondisclosure.
D) opt-in.
E) opt-out.

Question 13

Flash cookies are controversial, in part, because

A) they are commonly used by identify thieves to steal credit card numbers.
B) they consume huge amounts of hard disk space.
C) they allow online retailers such as Amazon.com to track online shopping on other Web sites.
D) they are not controlled by the privacy controls of most Web browsers.
E) All of the above

Question 14

The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with

A) freedom of speech and religion.
B) search warrants.
C) the right to bear arms.
D) quartering of soldiers in private homes.
E) self-incrimination.

Question 15

Who wrote that every violation of a "privacy right" is also a violation of another right?

A) Stanley Benn
B) Louis Brandeis
C) Morton Levine
D) Judith Jarvis Thomson
E) Samuel Warren

Question 16

The OnStar system allows

A) a vehicle owner to initiate a conversation with an OnStar representative.
B) the vehicle to automatically send a message to an OnStar representative after an accident.
C) an OnStar representative to disable the gas pedal of the vehicle without the driver's permission.
D) a and b
E) a, b, and c

Question 17

suggested that we do not have to define privacy rights because every "privacy right" violation is a violation of another right as well.

Question 18

In 1890 Harvard-trained lawyers wrote a highly influential article in the Harvard Law Review stating that people in modern society have a right to privacy and that this right ought to be respected.

Question 19

The process of searching through many records in one or more databases looking for patterns or relationships is called

A) credit reporting.
B) data mining.
C) information gathering.
D) microtargeting.
E) pattern matching.

Question 20

A is a file containing information about your visits to a Web site that is placed on your computer's hard drive by a Web server

Question 21

Thanks to , you can get a credit card from a bank or store with which you have never done business.