An Example of a Violation of Privacy

An Example of a Violation of Privacy

Think of an act, other than those already discussed in this module, that would constitute a violation of privacy in computing. Explain.

An interesting example of this happened on the part of eTours, its customers and Ask Jeeves. eTours is a direct marketing company that sponsors a privacy policy which it violated when eTours was sold to Ask Jeeves. The privacy was like usual policies; it promises that customer information will not be given out to other parties. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission about the sale of eTours to Ask Jeeves. The eTours customer information that were given out, which they promised previously not to, include a database of 4.5 million registered users and 2.2 million unique newsletter subscribers. The eTours acquisition was intended to expand Ask Jeeves’s targeted advertising products.