Q1 - See if you can find an example of a privacy breach that was reported in the Australian or international news in the last 6 months. What were the consequences? I.e. legal, political, financial, personal etc. What action was taken in response to the privacy breach?
Sony Dinged $1 Million for Child-Privacy Breach
· By David Kravets
· December 11, 2008
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/12/sony-dinged-1-m/
The article that I found is where Sony music agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that is knowingly collected and disclosed personal information of as many as 30,000 children under the age of 13.
According to the lawsuit Sony unlawfully obtained and publicized personal information, including e-mail addresses and photos, from children under 13 via the registration process on its roughly 1,100 music sites.
Under the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, known as COPPA, website operators must obtain the consent of parents or guardians before they may lawfully collect or publish personal identifying information of children under 13.
The law cannot prevent kids under 13 from faking their dates of births or providing bogus e-mail addresses of their parents in a bid to acquire parental consent. Still, Sony collected and/or broadcasted on its websites information from 30,000 children who listed their dates of birth as being under 13.
Q2 - Have you been using Turnitin software this semester? If you have was it a positive or negative experience and why?
I have never used turnitin software and up until this question I had never heard of it. I can understand why it would be a helpful tool and hopefully will get to use it in coming semesters.
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