Research Proposal on "Criminal Laws vs. Privacy"

Research Proposal 2 pages (663 words) Sources: 5 Style: Harvard

[EXCERPT] . . . .

S. Federal Trade Commission issued "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change," citing Privacy by Design as one of three recommendations. In April 2011, European Union announce a milestone agreement to put consumers' privacy at the center of smart tag technology and making sure privacy concerns are address before products go on the market. Naturally, the examples given all referred to countries or organizations utilizing his Privacy By Design pardigm.

In another article it was stated that in February of 2010, a Milan (Italy) court convicted Google's Chief Legal Officer, Global Privacy Counsel, and a former member of Google's Italy board of directors for violating Italian privacy law. The case came from a posting on Google Video, which was a predecessor of YouTube of a video depicting several boys bullying a boy with Down's Syndrome. Although the Google executives had no involvement in the posting or in the decision of when or whether to remove the video, Italian law imposes criminal liability on senior executives for the actions of the corporation. This article concluded with the premise that this should make U.S. Companies that do business with European companies to make sure they are aware of the privacy laws in the countries that they do business in. However, we believe it sheds a light on an even bigger concern -- that privacy laws in the United States need to be changed to line up more with our European colleagues. People in the United States need to get their right to privacy back.

References

Anderson, K. Privacy by Design, Retrieved from http://privacybydesign.ca/content/uploads/2011/11/PbRD-framework.pdf July 9, 2012.


Continue scrolling to

download full paper ⤓