3. Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property?

• Define privacy and fair information practices.
• Explain how the Internet challenges the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property.
• Explain how informed consent, legislation, industry self-regulation, and technology tools help protect the individual privacy of Internet users.
• List and define the three different regimes that protect intellectual property rights.

4. How have information systems affected everyday life?

• Explain why it is so difficult to hold software services liable for failure or injury.
• List and describe the principal causes of system quality problems.
• Name and describe four quality-of-life impacts of computers and information systems.
• Define and describe technostress and RSI and explain their relationship to information technology.