Identity Theft and Companies Handling Customer Information
a person who is the victim of identity theft?
In the United States, information that a company collects
about the customer is legally the company’s property. In the European Union,
this information is the individual’s property. Explain why there is this
difference in the legal treatment of this information.
In reference to a company sharing information that it has
collected about a customer, what is meant by “opt-in”? By
“opt-out”? In your opinion, which of these is preferable?
What do U.S. laws require a financial company to do in
regard to sharing information that it has collected on its customers?
In your opinion, what is the most important social issue
raised by the pervasiveness of IT? Why? How can society best deal with this
issue?
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