Question 1

Employees of Bodega Inc.maintain a password-protected social media page to "vent about work." Bodega learns of the page and intimidates the network that operates it into revealing the password.After reviewing the posts,Bodega fires the participants.Most likely,this is

Accepted Answer

This scenario involves the disclosure of information stored in an electronic communications service, which is protected by the Stored Communications Act. Bodega's action to intimidate the network into revealing the password and firing employees based on the content of their posts violates the employees' privacy rights under the Act.

Question 2

Prodigious Profit,LLC,and other companies operate social media Web sites,issue apps for mobile devices,obtain ad revenue from search engines,and sell directly to consumers from other sites.The privacy rights of the users of these products are frequently defined,not by the courts or legislatures,but by

Accepted Answer

The companies that own the sites and apps are the ones who set the privacy policies and regulations for their users. They are the ones who collect, store, and share users' personal information, so it is their responsibility to ensure the protection of their users' privacy.

Question 3

Interactive Entertainment Corporation markets its products online.Through the use of cookies,Interactive Entertainment and other online marketers can

Accepted Answer

Cookies are small files that are stored on a user's device and can track their online behavior, such as the websites they visit and the products they search for. Therefore, Interactive Entertainment Corporation and other online marketers can use cookies to track individuals' Web browsing activities. Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they either involve unethical practices or are not related to the use of cookies.

Question 4

Mobile Device Company (MDC)discovers that defamatory statements about its products are being posted in an online forum.NuView Inc. ,the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages,can disclose their identity

Accepted Answer

The Internet service provider can disclose the identity of the users only when ordered to do so by a court. This is because the user's right to free speech is protected under the First Amendment, and the court needs to determine if the defamatory statements are indeed false and harmful before ordering the disclosure of the user's identity.

Question 5

Employees,clients,and others with authorization use World Transport Corporation's network around the globe to share computer files.This is

Accepted Answer

The given scenario describes the use of a distributed network, which allows authorized users to share computer files within an organization's network. This is a common practice in businesses and not an invasion of privacy, trademark or copyright infringement, or digital sampling.

Question 6

"Dawn" is a song included in the sound track of "eDay," a movie produced and distributed by FasTrac Corporation.The song features a digital sampling of a few seconds of the guitar solo of one of George Harrison's copyrighted sound recordings without permission.Does this digital sampling constitute copyright infringement on the part of FasTrac? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "Dawn" is a song included in the...

Question 7

Sales Corps Inc.provides tablets for its employees to use "in the ordinary course of its business." Sales Corps intercepts the employees' business communications made on these devices.Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act,this is

Accepted Answer

Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, employers are generally allowed to monitor communications made in the ordinary course of business, which includes communications made on devices provided by the employer, such as tablets in this scenario.

Question 8

Payback Inc.discovers that defamatory statements about its policies are being posted in an online forum.Q Web Inc. ,the Internet service provider whose users are posting the messages,refuses to reveal the users' identities.To obtain those identities,Payback should initially

Accepted Answer

Filing a suit against the anonymous users is the initial legal step Payback Inc. can take to potentially compel the disclosure of the users' identities through the legal process. Unauthorized access to servers, suing the ISP without direct cause, or involving the Department of Justice without a lawsuit are not appropriate initial steps.

Question 9

Deals Inc.provides its sales representatives with phones to use in the ordinary course of business.Deals monitors the employees' electronic communications made through the phones.This is

Accepted Answer

According to the "business-extension exception" under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, employers are allowed to monitor electronic communications made through company-provided devices in the ordinary course of business as long as they provide notice to the employees. Therefore, Deals Inc.'s monitoring of its employees' electronic communications made through the phones provided for business use is within its rights as an employer.

Question 10

ConnectWeb,Inc. ,operates a subscription-based service that extends the software and storage capabilities of its subscribers.This is

Accepted Answer

The description given in the question matches with the characteristics of cloud computing where users subscribe to software and storage services provided by a third-party provider. Dilution refers to the decrease in value of existing shares due to the issuance of new shares, peer-to-peer networking is a different type of network architecture, and a distributed network is a network where processing power is shared among multiple nodes.

Question 11

Odell is an employee of Packing Corporation.She uses social media in a way that violates her employer's stated social media policies.Packing disciplines Odell and then,after a second transgression,fires her.This is

Accepted Answer

As an employer, Packing Corporation has the right to establish and enforce workplace policies, including those regarding the use of social media. If Odell violated these policies and had been disciplined and warned before her termination, then the employer's decision to terminate her employment is within their rights. There is no violation of the Stored Communications Act or business-extension exception under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in this scenario. While it is possible that dispute resolution through social media may be used, it is not the appropriate course of action in this case since the employer's policies were clear and Odell knowingly violated them.

Question 12

Sonya and other employees of TransGlobal Inc.maintain a password-protected social media page on which they post comments on work-related issues.The posts range from positive to negative,supporting the page's purpose to "vent about work." When TransGlobal learns of the page,the company intimidates Sonya into revealing the password,and after reviewing the posts,fires her and the other participants.Which federal law discussed in this chapter most likely applies to this situation? Has this law been violated? Discuss.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sonya and other employees of TransGlobal Inc.maintain...

Quiz 9: Internet Law, social Media, and Privacy