Deck 5: Information Privacy

Question 1

The process of searching through many records in one or more databases looking for patterns or relationships is called
a) credit reporting.
b) data mining.
c) information gathering.
d) microtargeting.
e) pattern matching.

Answer 1

data mining

Question 2

The practice of mailing advertisements only to the most likely prospects is called
a) discriminatory mailing.
b) focused mailing.
c) mail list trimming..
d) predatory mailing.
e) targeted direct mail.

Answer 2

targeted direct mail

Question 3

Who wrote an influential paper in the 1890s urging that privacy rights be enacted into law?
a) Benn and Brandeis
b) Benn and Thomson
c) Levine and Benn
d) Thomson and Warren
e) Warren and Brandeis

Answer 3

Warren and Brandeis

Question 4

An RFID is
f) a magnetic bar code.
g) a microscopic bar code.
h) a wireless transmitter.
i) a biometric identification device.
j) a random field interferometry device.

Question 5

What benefit does a company gain by allowing people to login to its app using Facebook Login?
a) It gains access to information from the consumers' Facebook profiles.
b) It is paid a royalty from Facebook.
c) It suffers less credit card fraud.
d) It is more likely to be acquired by Facebook.
e) All of the above

Question 6

A policy that requires the consumer to explicitly give permission before an organization can share information with another organization is called
a) fair use.
b) full disclosure.
c) nondisclosure.
d) opt-in.
e) opt-out.

Question 7

When information collected for one purpose is put to another purpose, that is called a
a) backdoor exploit.
b) collaborative filter.
c) cookie.
d) data leveraging opportunity.
e) secondary use of the data.

Question 8

The OnStar system allows
a) a vehicle owner to initiate a conversation with an OnStar representative.
b) the vehicle to automatically send a message to an OnStar representative after an accident.
c) an OnStar representative to disable the gas pedal of the vehicle without the driver's permission.
d) a and b
e) a, b, and c

Question 9

The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution has to do with
a) freedom of speech and religion.
b) search warrants.
c) the right to bear arms.
d) quartering of soldiers in private homes.
e) self-incrimination.

Question 10

A public record contains information about an incident or action reported to a government agency for the purpose of
a) enhancing public safety.
b) informing the public.
c) protecting the innocent.
d) regulating the economy.
e) upholding the law.

Question 11

What was the reason given by the Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC) for filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about Facebook Tag Suggestions?
a) It is immoral to give computers the power to perform facial recognition.
b) Facebook released the Tag Suggestions feature before it was 99% accurate in associating names with faces.
c) Facebook did not get the permission of its users before gathering facial data from photos tagged by humans.
d) Facebook sold its facial recognition technology to the US government for use in rounding up illegal immigrants.
e) All of the above reasons were included in EPIC's complaint.

Question 12

An example of a public record is
a) a birth certificate.
b) a marriage license.
c) a deed to a house.
d) a record of a criminal conviction.
e) All of the above

Question 13

Cambridge Analytica collected personal information in order to
a) provide credit reports to banks and other lenders.
b) provide microtargeting services to companies.
c) provide microtargeting services to conservative political candidates.
d) provide income estimates to the Internal Revenue Service
e) All of the above

Question 14

Who wrote that every violation of a "privacy right" is also a violation of another right?
a) Stanley Benn
b) Louis Brandeis
c) Morton Levine
d) Judith Jarvis Thomson
e) Samuel Warren

Question 15

Most commentators cite the benefits of privacy as a reason why people ought to have some privacy rights. A right that benefits society is called a
a) Constitutional right.
b) legal right.
c) natural right.
d) prudential right.
e) social right.