Privacy and Information Rights Quiz

What is the moral right of individuals to be left alone, free from surveillance, or interference from other individuals or organizations?

• Information privacy

• Profiling

• Behavioral tracking

• Privacy

What is the 'right to be forgotten' in terms of information privacy?

• Certain information should not be collected at all

• Claims about personal information collected by government authorities

• Individuals should control the use of whatever information is collected about them

• Claims about personal information collected by commercial websites

What type of data is collected at e-commerce sites?

• All of the above

• Preference data, transaction data, clickstream data, browser type

• Bank and credit accounts, gender, age, occupation, education

• Name, address, phone, e-mail, social security

What unique challenge do social networks pose to maintaining privacy?

• Encourage sharing personal details

• Facial recognition technology and tagging

• All of the above

• Personal control over personal information vs. organization's desire to monetize social network

What do smartphone apps do with personal information?

• Funnel personal information to mobile advertisers for targeting ads

• Track and store user locations

• Track users’ use of other apps

• All of the above

What is the creation of digital images that characterize online individual and group behavior called?

• Anonymous profiles

• Personal profiles

• Profiling

• Advertising networks

What do facial recognition tools enable from a business perspective?

• Enables price discrimination

• Undermines expectation of anonymity and privacy

• Enables sensing of demand for new products

• Increases effectiveness of advertising, subsidizes content

What is the main concern from critics' perspective regarding profiling and behavioral targeting?

• Undermines expectation of anonymity and privacy

• Enables price discrimination

• Enables sensing of demand for new products

• Increases effectiveness of advertising, subsidizes content

What is the impact of mobile devices on privacy?

• Both A and B

• None of the above

• Tracking people's locations and movements

• Tracking personal behavior

What is the main claim of information privacy?

• Claims about personal information collected by commercial websites

• Certain information should not be collected at all

• Claims about personal information collected by government authorities

• Individuals should control the use of whatever information is collected about them