Module 3 Discussion #2 Has Privacy Been Affected or Violated?

Has Privacy Been Affected or Violated?

Directions:

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Review the following scenarios (see below).

Once reviewed, analyze each scenario on the following points:

What type of privacy is affected here? Check your PowerPoint for examples

Decide whether one's privacy has beenaffected (a descriptive privacy issue); explain your answer.

Next decide whether a privacy right has been violated (normative privacy issue); explain your answer.

If you can offer a compelling privacy dilemma or scenario to further this exploration, please share.

Note: To assist you with this assignment, think about these scenarios through an objective, as well as a subjective lens.Think realistically but also outside the box, so to speak.

Also, it's okay if you think something is "private" even if it's not coded as such in the law; remember in an ethical setting, law is the floor, ethics are the sky.

You may come to decide that when it comes to protecting individual privacy rights, law does more than enough, not nearly enough, only what it can do, or only what is demanded from a democracy.

Whatever you decide, be able to see the issue of privacy through a variety of different lenses so that you can better understand why the Fourth Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights was created, and why it's important.

• Substantively answer at least two peers' posts.

	What type of privacy is affected in this scenario? (e.g., physical privacy, GPS location, data privacy, decisional privacy, etc.)	Was this privacy interest affected? Briefly explain.	Was this property interest, violated? Briefly explain.	Would the 4th Amendment Apply here? Briefly explain.
Example 1: Tom walks into the computer lab (when no one else is around) and sees Mary in the lab. Mary is startled to notice Tom gazing upon her.
Example 2: Tom follows Mary home and then peeps through the keyhole of Mary's apartment door where he sees Mary typing at her computer.
Example 3: Tom accidentally leaves a personal letter containing private information on a public park bench - letter is picked up and then: (i) read by Mary, who (ii) shares this information and damages Tom's reputation/causes other harm.
Example 4: You are having a private conversation in the bedroom of your home and a neighbor uses an electronic device to eavesdrop.
Example 5: DEA uses a thermal imaging camera to fly around farms in an effort to detect large marijuana growing facilities.
Example 6: Man goes into an old-style phone-booth and closes the door behind him. His intent is to place illegal gambling bets. Unbeknownst to him, his calls are being monitored by the FBI.
Example 7: Read this press release:ACLU CHALLENGES PILOT AERIAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM IN BALTIMORE(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Analyze this from the perspective of Baltimore residents, tourists, criminally minded and innocent people. Think about how other countries have used this type of information.
Example 8: Google is interested in going to China. The Chinese government sets, as a condition of their doing business there, that Google removes any/all anti-Chinese government stories, supported by their link. Google complies. This affects which, if any, type(s) of privacy?
Example 9: While working in China, Google learns that the Republic of China is planning a cyberattack targeted at dozens of other countries.
Example 10: While investigating the cyber attack, Google found that the Gmail accounts of a number of Chinese human-rights activists had been attacked.