Legal + Ethical Aspects

Computer Crime

Broad criminal activity targeting or using computers, or using computers as a medium for illegal activities.

Convention on Cybercrime

An international council determining cybercrime what defines a cybercrime

Law enforcement challenges in cybercrime

• lack of expertise

• expensive resources

• jurisdictional issues with foreign countries.

Profiles of cybercriminals

• young

• tech-savvy

• part of large networks.

Why do cybercrime victims not report cybercrimes?

• mistrust in law enforcement

• concerned about reputation.

Copyright

Protects the expression of an idea but not the idea itself

Patent

Grants sole ownership of an idea

Trademark

An exclusive symbol that distinguishes a product and prevents others from using similar marks.

US Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Criminalizes unauthorized access or copying of online copyrightable work

Privacy

Concerns whether data should be visible to others and how data is managed.

Ethics

Moral principles that guide what is deemed right or wrong

Whistleblowing

Reporting unethical practices,

may harm both the organization and the whistleblower.

Code of Conduct benefits

• Is a positive stimulus

• Is educational

• Provides support

• Enhances image

Intellectual Property

Legal rights that protect creations of the mind, including copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

Big Data

The analysis of large datasets, often performed without user permission, raising privacy concerns.

Privacy Technical Approach

Using the technical mechanisms used by the database

Privacy Social Media Approach

limiting who can see what on one’s social media page (eg. through settings or tags)

Privacy Policy approach

employing informed consent for data collection

Privacy governance

management oversignt of data

Privacy ownership + authority

Who owns + is responsible for data