De Anza College Protecting Personal Information & Consumer Protection View HW 1.Briefly define identity theft. Describe two techniques criminals can use t

De Anza College Protecting Personal Information & Consumer Protection View HW 1.Briefly define identity theft.

Describe two techniques criminals can use to gather the information they need to steal an identity.

Describe two ways a person can protect their identity.

Describe two ways a business can protect its customers from identity thieves.

2.Two approaches to the problem of protecting personal information are (a) the free market view and (b) the consumer protection view.

How do these points of view differ on the issue of a company disclosing personal information about its customers?

How do they differ on the issue of errors in the data about an individual that is distributed by a credit bureau?

3.Explain why the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the ban on virtual child pornography.

Do you feel the freedom of speech and expression argument outweighs the potential threat to children and to our culture?

What do you think the law should say about computer-generated pornographic videos or virtual reality programs featuring children as characters, where no real children are used in making them?

What are some arguments that would be made by a person who takes a position different from yours?

4.Summarize the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

Discuss at least three differences between COPA and CIPA?

What impact would COPA have had on freedom of speech on the Internet? Why was COPA overturned by the courts?

5.Explain the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

What are its two main provisions?

Explain how “take-down” notices work and who they protect from lawsuits.

How do “take-down” notices sometimes infringe on “Fair Use”?

Requirements:

Using the book: A Gift of Fire 5th ed by Sara Basse

Pearson Publishing, 2013

Have the Reference for Every Answer, Can look up from text book and Website or video