Question

Discuss whether you believe the following are privacy issues: Receiving an email from a friend which was forwarded from your friend's colleague, who had forwarded it to 12 other email addresses, where ALL of the email addresses are visible.

Using the technology of Caller ID to either screen callers or have persons know that you are calling.

The use of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology in products. You may first need to conduct basic research on RFID

Answer 1

Recieving an email from a friend which was forwarded from your friend's colleague, who had forwarded it to 12 other email addresses, where all of the email addresses are visible. - It is a serious privacy issue. If you want to forward an email to more than one person , put your name in TO box and add the email addresses of the persons you want to send in Bcc box. This helps in not publishing email addresses of persons to those who dont know each other.

Using the technology of Caller ID to either screen callers or have persons know that you are calling - Privacy issue.

Even though it helps in picking calls only from those people we know. Fake caller ID's are also being used. A doubt to trust caller ID's or not still exists

The use of RFID technology in products. You may first need to conduct basic research on RFID - privacy issue. Main privacy concern with RFID is tracking of people and their location. Also tracking of customers and their habits by big retail companies