Online Digital Privacy Online Digital Privacy and Surveillanceand Surveillance

A look at privacy law and social media in today’s society

The Myth of Media Interactivity --Technology, Communications and Surveillance

in Japan

by Kiyoshi Abe

Professional Athletes’ Shrinking Privacy Boundaries: Fans, Information and Communication Technologies, and Athlete Monitoring by Jimmy Sanderson

Author’s informationAuthor’s information Kiyoshi AbeKiyoshi Abe

Chairman

Department: School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University

Research Interest: Media, Communication research

Degree: Doctorate (Sociology)

Abe believed that people do not mind being monitored through interactive media because they are not properly informed of such surveillance. He argued that it is not alright to use interactive media as surveillance tools, and he provides examples of “peer-to-peer” surveillance.

Author’s informationAuthor’s information Jimmy SandersonJimmy Sanderson

Graduate Student

Communication PhD

Hugh Downs School of Communication

Graduate Assistant/Associate

Published four articles

Sanderson discussed cases of employers

monitoring employees, specifically in the

world of sports. Sports organizations use

information provided by fans to monitor

professional athletes.

Privacy Law in the United StatesPrivacy Law in the United States

The Constitution and Bill of Rights do not actually declare a specific right of privacy.

Certain Amendments, such as the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unlawful searches or the Ninth Amendment’s declaration that the government cannot infringe upon a right regardless of its inclusion in the Constitution, do extend some protection upon citizens.

--Personal Right to Privacy in the US

Privacy Law in the United StatesPrivacy Law in the United States

Invasion of Privacy lawsuits cover four basic areas:◦Solitude◦Public disclosure◦False statements of character◦ Identity theft

Celebrities are considered to have willingly given up their right to privacy in the United States. (Tiger Woods)

Difference in EU and US Difference in EU and US Privacy LawsPrivacy LawsExamples:Examples:Personal information cannot be collected

without permission.Companies that process data must register

their activities with the government. Employers cannot read workers’ private e-

mail.Checkout clerks cannot ask for shoppers’

phone numbers.

Digital Privacy ConcernsDigital Privacy Concerns

Writing a few random thoughts in a blogDebasing an employer’s good character on

FacebookTweeting a complaint on Twitter

--can get people in trouble.

Google CEO Schmidt on Internet Google CEO Schmidt on Internet privacyprivacy

How secure are you online?How secure are you online?

Facebook’s privacy featuresFacebook apps giving usernames to advertise

rsThieves break into empty homes by reading F

acebook status updatesThe Library of Congress and TwitterUK resident fined for Twitter jokehttp://pleaserobme.com/Mashable article on pleaserobme.comMost people in the U.S. decline to use

location tracking software

School spies on students via School spies on students via laptop webcamslaptop webcams

Fighting for Digital PrivacyFighting for Digital Privacy

Stage Set for Showdown on Online Privacy

Database Snooping Worries Watchdogs

New technologies can be scaryNew technologies can be scary

You are being watchedYou are being watched

Track me if you canTrack me if you can