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QUESTION 1

1. Privacy is a social arrangement that allows individuals to have some level of control over who is able to gain access to their physical selves and their personal information.
   

   True False

10 points

QUESTION 2

1. Data Mining refers to:
   

   	a.	Searching many records in one or more databases to look for patterns or relationship of behavior
   	b.	A way to generate information by combining information found in multiple transactions
   	c.	A way to predict future events
   	d.	Use of many types of records to create an accurate profile of an individual
   	e.	All of the above

10 points

QUESTION 3

1. Legal theorists Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis claimed individuals have a natural right to privacy, basing their argument on:

   	a.	A principle of French law (“laissez faire”) that means people have a right to be “left alone”
   	b.	Laws against libel and slander
   	c.	Laws that claim privacy rights evolve from property rights
   	d.	None of the above

10 points

QUESTION 4

1. Legal theorist Judith Jarvis Thomson claimed individuals do not have a natural right to privacy, thus there is no need to enact privacy laws, because:
   

   	a.	Privacy rights are embedded in other laws that are already enacted
   	b.	Privacy rights evolve only from property rights
   	c.	Both a and b
   	d.	None of the above

10 points

QUESTION 5

1. The most troublesome area of information collection for the federal government involves issues with wiretapping and electronic surveillance.

   True False

10 points

QUESTION 6

1. The most comprehensive and far-reaching federal act authorizing electronic surveillance is the USA PATRIOT Act. Among its many provisions, the Act::

   	a.	Gives federal law enforcement and intelligence officials greater authority and latitude to monitor electronic communications, including cell phones, e-mail and Internet traffic
   	b.	Allows warrantless searches and surveillance under certain circumstances
   	c.	Allows the FBI to obtain warrants without showing probable cause that a crime has or will be committed
   	d.	All of the above

10 points

QUESTION 7

1. Essay 1 (based on material from Chapter 5)Read the following case study and give a reasonable response to the question that follows:Joe Herzenberg was a historian and politician, and the first openly gay elected official in North Carolina. When he died in 2007, all of his papers (correspondence, photographs, diaries and other materials) were donated to the Southern Historical Collection. His diaries included accounts of his sexual encounters and also mentioned his friends’ sexual relationships and illegal activities.The SHC allows unrestricted access for research and duplication of its collections in its search room, and transfers to the researchers all responsibilities for the use of sensitive material. At the same time, the SHC is considering digitizing all of its collections and making everything available on the Web.Should SHC delay digitizing Joe Herzenberg’s diaries until everyone mentioned in them has either given permission or has died?

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20 points

QUESTION 8

1. Essay 2 (based on material from Chapter 6)Read the section of Chapter 6 that describes the USA PATRIOT Act (pages 288-293 in the 7th Edition). Then answer the following question:The PATRIOT Act has some far-reaching provisions that allow the FBI and other federal agencies (including the National Security Agency) much wider latitude in conducting warrantless searches and electronic surveillance of all kinds, including collecting information about e-mail and Internet traffic. Do you believe such a wide latitude should be allowed? Why or why not? How would you judge the ethics of the Patriot Act according to Utilitarianism and Kantianism?

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