Data and software privacy

Data and software privacy

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  By Dr MohammadZunnun Khan
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   1. Ethics Ethics are standards of moral conduct  Standards of right and wrong behavior  A gauge of personal integrity  The basis of trust and cooperation in relationships with others  2. Privacy is the interest that  individuals have in sustaining a 'personal space',  free from interference by other people and organizations.
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   Privacy ofthe person  the right of each individual to have the integrity of his/her body protected.  Persons should not be compelled into providing any kind of fluids or biological samples, being given blood transfusion without consent, being subjected to any kind of surgical intervention without consent (invasive techniques within research).  Privacy of personal behavior,  all aspects of behavior,  especially to sensitive matters,  preferences and habits,  political activities and  religious practices,  both in private and in public places.
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   Privacy ofpersonal communications,  Individuals free to communicate among themselves,  Using different communication channel  without monitoring of their communications by other persons or organizations.  Privacy of personal data.  Data about individuals should not be automatically made available to others  even when data is possessed by another party.  Each person must be able to exercise a substantial degree of control over that data and its use.
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   The useof unlicensed software is illegal, plain and simple.  Downloading commercial software is unethical, as it is the virtual equivalent of stealing.  Piracy is the theft of intellectual property and is no more acceptable than shoplifting.  Software pirates attempt to make several arguments justifying their actions.  Such arguments are software is too expensive and pirates are just testing it and will buy it if they like it.
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   Data privacyis responsibly collecting, using and storing data about people, in line with the expectations of those people, your customers, regulations and laws.  Data ethics is doing the right thing with data, considering the human impact from all sides, and making decisions based on your brand values.
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   Data privacy(or information privacy or data protection) is about access, use and collection of data, and the data subject’s legal right to the data. This refers to:  Freedom from unauthorized access to private data  Inappropriate use of data  Accuracy and completeness when collecting data about a person or persons (corporations included) by technology  Availability of data content, and the data subject’s legal right to access; ownership  The rights to inspect, update or correct these data