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Kant's Categorical Imperative

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A principle that states that if an action is

not right for everyone to take it is not
right for anyone.

Descartes' Rule of Change

A principle that states that if an action

cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not
tight to be taken at any time.

Utilitarian Principle

Principle that assumes one can put values

in rank order and understand the
consequences of various courses of
action.

Risk Aversion Principle

Principle that one should take the action

that produces the least harm or incurs
the least one.

Ethical"no free lunch" rule

Assumptions that all tangible and

intangible
someone
else, unless
declaration

Privacy

objects are owned by

there is a specific

otherwise, and that the creator

wants
Is the claim of individuals to be left alone,
free
from surveillance
or interference
compensation
for this work.
from other other individuals or
organizations, including the state.

Informed Consent

Can be defined as consent with

knowledge of all the facts needed to make
a rational decision.

Safe Harbor

Is a private, self-regulating policy and

enforcement mechanism that meets the
objectives of govemment regulators
and
legislation but does not involve

Cookies

government regulation or enforcement.

Are small text files deposited on a
computer hard drive when a user visits
websites.

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Web Beacons

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aka Web Bugs, are tiny software

programs thaat jeep a record of users'
online click-stream and report this data
back to whomever own the tracking the
file, designed to monitor the behavior of
the user visiting the websites.

Spyware

Can secretly install itself 0 an Internet

user's computer by piggybacking on
larger application.

Opt-Out

model of informed consent permits the

collection of personal information until
the consumer specifically request the
data not be collected.

Opt-In

model of informed consent in which a

business is prohibited from collecting
any personal information unless the
consumer specifically takes action to
approve information collection and use.

Intellectual Property

is considered to be intangible property

created by individuals or corporations.

Trade Secret

Any intellectual work or product used for

a business purpose that can be classified
as belonging to that business, provided it
is not based on information in the public
domain.

Copyright

a statutory gran that protects creators of

intellectual property from having their
work copied by others for any purpose
during the life of the author plus and
additional 70 years after the author's
death.

Patent

grants the owner an exclusive monopoly

on the ideas behind an invention for 20
years.

Computer Crime

is the commission of illegal acts through

the use of a computer or against a
computer system.

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