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Blog # 5 - Key Privacy and Anonymity Issues By: Nicole Bernal Marcial   A ccording to slideshare, internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, providing to third-parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Privacy can entail either Personally Identifying Information (PII) or non-PII information such as a site visitor's behavior on a website. PII refers to any information that can be used to identify an individual. For example, age and physical address alone could identify who an individual is without explicitly disclosing their name, as these two factors are unique enough to typically identify a specific person.    Privacy is the key that unlocks the aspects of yourself that are most intimate and personal, that make you most you, and most vulnerable. Your naked body. Your sexual history and fantasies. Your past, present and possible future diseases. Your fears, your...

Blog # 4 - Republic Act 10175 Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 By: Nicole Bernal Marcial   N ew technologies create new criminal opportunities but few new types of crime. What distinguishes cybercrime from traditional criminal activity? Obviously, one difference is the use of the digital computer, but technology alone is insufficient for any distinction that might exist between different realms of criminal activity. Criminals do not need a computer to commit fraud, traffic in child pornography and intellectual property, steal an identity, or violate someone’s privacy. All those activities existed before the “cyber” prefix became ubiquitous. Cybercrime, especially involving the Internet, represents an extension of existing criminal behavior alongside some novel illegal activities.   Most cybercrime is an attack on information about individuals, corporations, or governments. Although the attacks do not take place on a physical body, they do take place on...

Blog # 3 Cyberbullying | Software Piracy | Plagiarism By: Nicole Bernal Marcial What a Cyber/Computer Crime? C omputer crime is a new Problem in our society therefore we must know that what computer crime is. If we talk about computer crime we will refer to a crime which is conducted with the help of a computer and a network is involved in it. As we refer to computer it can even be a small computer device like mobile. And the network mainly used is an Internet connection because of its availability and access.  Cyberbullying C yber bullying is a multi-faced problem and definitions of this problem differ when made from the point of view of various disciplines. Yet the common features of all kinds of cyber bullying are as following: insulting or hurtful texts/images are sent directly to a victim over the cell phone/Internet or posted on the web for more people to participate in the process of humiliating the victim. In other words, a young person, ...

Blog # 2 - Business and Office Etiquette By: Nicole Bernal Marcial What is Etiquette? E tiquette in simpler words is defined as good behaviour which distinguishes human beings from animals. Human Being is a social animal and it is really important for him to behave in an appropriate way. Etiquette refers to behaving in a socially responsible way. Etiquette makes you a cultured individual who leaves his mark wherever he goes. Etiquette teaches you the way to talk, walk and most importantly behave in the society. Etiquette is essential for an everlasting first impression. The way you interact with your superiors, parents, fellow workers, friends speak a lot about your personality and up- bringing. Etiquette enables the individuals to earn respect and appreciation in the society. No one would feel like talking to a person who does not know how to speak or behave in the society. Etiquette inculcates a feeling of trust and loyalty in the individuals. One becomes more r...