Privacy (Group 4)

What is the main goal of data privacy?

To protect individuals' personal information while balancing organizational and societal needs for data usage.

What does the 4th Amendment protect?

It protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures if there is a "reasonable expectation of privacy."

What was ARPA’s goal in creating ARPANET?

To connect standalone computers and allow them to communicate and share information.

What does "information privacy" consist of?

Communications privacy and data privacy.

What is the core conflict in privacy protection?

Balancing an organization’s need to collect and use data with an individual’s right to control their personal information.

What is the USA PATRIOT Act?

A law that expanded surveillance powers, eased information sharing, and increased penalties for terrorism-related activities.

What is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)?

A financial privacy law requiring institutions to explain information-sharing practices and protect sensitive data.

What does HIPAA protect?

The privacy and security of medical information and gives patients rights over their health data.

What is COPPA?

A law protecting children's online data by requiring parental consent before collecting their information.

What is FISA?

A law establishing a legal framework for government surveillance for foreign intelligence.

What is the EU Data Protection Directive (1995)?

A European law that sets a framework for data protection and cross-border data flow.

What are the OECD Guidelines (1980) about?

They set global principles for privacy protection without blocking cross-border data flow.

What is the Collection Limitation principle?

Personal data collection must be limited and obtained lawfully with the subject’s consent and knowledge.

What is the Data Quality principle?

Personal data should be accurate, complete, current, and relevant for its purpose.

What is the Purpose Specification principle?

The purpose of collecting personal data must be specified and not changed later.

What is the Use Limitation principle?

Personal data should not be used beyond the specified purpose without consent or legal authority.

What is the Security Safeguards principle?

Personal data must be protected against unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure.

What is the Openness principle?

Data policies should exist, and a data controller should be identified.

What is the Individual Participation principle?

Individuals should have the right to review, challenge, and correct their data.

What is the Accountability principle?

Data controllers are responsible for ensuring compliance with privacy principles.

What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?

A law giving the public the right to request access to government records.

What is the Privacy Act of 1974?

A law governing how federal agencies collect, maintain, and share personal data.

What is a data breach?

Unauthorized access, disclosure, or theft of sensitive data.

What is electronic discovery (E-Discovery)?

The process of identifying, collecting, and using electronic data as legal evidence.

What is consumer profiling?

The collection and analysis of information about customer behaviors, preferences, and demographics.

What is workplace monitoring?

The tracking of employee activities, communications, and behavior in the workplace.

What is camera surveillance?

The use of CCTV cameras in public areas to monitor activities, prevent crime, and solve incidents.

What is a vehicle event data recorder (EDR)?

A device in cars that records crash-related data like speed and seat belt usage for safety improvements and legal evidence.

What are stalking apps?

Spy software that can secretly track a person’s location, messages, and calls, often illegally without consent.

What is the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173)?

A Philippine law requiring consent before data processing, imposing security measures, and granting citizens data rights.

What rights does the Data Privacy Act provide?

The right to be informed, object, access, rectify, erase, and claim damages.

What does the Philippine Constitution Article III Section 3(1) state?

“The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court.”

What is the core issue of foreign privacy concerns?

Data stored in foreign countries may be accessed by foreign governments under their surveillance laws.

What is the OECD’s main goal?

To create privacy principles that support global data flow without compromising individual privacy.