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2 PRIVACY & SECURITY HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIVACY AND SECURITY?

3 WHAT IS PRIVACY ACCORDING TO YAHOO.COM Dreaming that you have no privacy, suggests that you are feeling exposed and unprotected. What are you trying to hide? It indicates that you are repressing your emotions and not allowing them to be fully expressed. You are worried that others will see the real you and criticize you.

4 WHAT IS SECURITY measures taken as a precaution against theft sabotage. military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising. an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in. A guarantee that an obligation will be met. Freedom from anxiety or fear A department responsible for the security of the institutions property.

5 PRIVACY, SECURITY AND COMPUTERS Have you ever used your credit card on line to buy a: Plane ticket Books CD When buying things over the internet, do you ever worry about your privacy?

6 SURVEY A recent survey by Louis Harris and Associates indicates consumers are as worried as ever that their personal lives are now on public view,thanks to computers. The survey, commissioned by Equifax Inc., asked over 1,200 people how they felt about credit-service companies using "public record information" --

7 Result of Survey The Harris poll found that, while 79 percent of Americans feel computers improve the quality of life, 78 percent worry that their privacy is being invaded by electronic Peeping Toms. In addition, 55 percent fear that the situation will worsen by the year 2000.

8 HOW PRIVATE IS YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT AT WORK? Today's legal statutes do not clarify the rights of employees with concern to personal files such as e-mail that are stored on company computers. The privacy of an employee's paper files and personal desks has been upheld in numerous Supreme Court cases

9 PRIVACY AND SECURITY AT WORK CONT. One such case is Thomasson v. Bank of America, in which an employee successfully argued her company would not have discovered damaging personal information if it had not accessed the text of their computer's messages. Nearly all companies have the means to access personal files on a mainframe or server, even if the system uses passwords. Companies maintain that intrusion is necessary to assess the performance of employees.

10 WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT WORKERS Currently a bill has been introduced by Sean Paul Simon that would require employers to warn employees before phone, computer, or video activity is monitored or face further employee lawsuits and up to $10,000 in fines.

11 THE END THANKS FOR LISTEN AND WATCHING MY POWERPOINT: SHIMEKA CONWAY


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