Government Surveillance and Agencies
Defined as close observation, especially of a suspected criminal or spy
What is surveillance?
Apps used for tracking women's health that have raised privacy concerns
What are period tracking apps?
Requires financial institutions to help government agencies detect and prevent finacnial crimes by reporting suspicious activity or specific transitions
What is the Bank Security Act (BSA)?
The Chinese-affiliated app is known for problems with user data handling and misinformation.
What is TikTok?
The state of condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people
What is privacy?
Written statement a person must sign to ensure that they understand that their information may be subject to forensic analysis
What is informed consent?
Used in stores to monitor retail spaces for theft, fraud, or violent crimes
What is video surveillance (CCTV)?
The average amount of time an individual uses on social media.
What is 10 years?
The act signed by George W. Bush that aimed to prevent and investigate acts of terrorism
What is the Patriot Act?
A method of using DNA databases to identify potential relatives of an unknown DNA profile found at a crime scene
What is familial searching?
Incentivized by government agencies to identify customers within stores
What is facial recongition?
Online platforms used to share advertisements, videos, images, etc.
What is social media?
The agency focuses the most on domestic cases and information collection
FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation
Provides privacy standards to protect medical records and other health information, but does not cover lifestyle apps
What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?
Used to create a more secure financial system
What is surveillance within banks?
Strategy companies use to create personalized feeds with user data.
What is targeted ads?
The agency focuses the most on domestic cases and information collection
FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation
The U.S. Constitutional Amendment in controversy in relation to familial searching
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Vital to protect from government encroachment and limit the risks of abuse
What is oversight, clear legal frameworks, and transparency?
Social media company affiliated with lots of privacy lawsuits over the years.
What is Meta?