Computer Privacy

One author defines privacy as freedom from inappropriate use of judgement of others.

a.) Is this a good definition why or why not?
b.) Suppose we use this definition do we have a negative rights or do we have a positive rights? why or why not?

It is the ability of an individual or group to keep their lives and personal affairs out of public view, or to control the flow of information about themselves. - wikipedia.com

For the author he defines privacy as freedom from inappropriate use of judgement of others I think its is not a good definition for the word. Privacy is something like to be alone or a freedom for unauthorized intrusions. I don't think that in engaging in our privacy we don't judge other people in some other kind. I think the right word for his definition is the word criticism.

With this definition I thinks we will still have our negative rights and positive rights because a positive right imposes a moral obligation on a person to do something for someone, while a negative right merely obliges others to refrain from interfering with someones attempt to do something. This means that our positive rights are those those rights that are standard to our obligations to the society thus in negative rights, one is considered free to the extent to which no person interferes with his or her activity. for example right to property or right of freedom as long as you don't hurt anybody.

Privacy has no definite boundaries and it has different meanings for different people. Privacy for any people is very important it includes their important information that they their self must only know and it is unethical for people who disturb their privacy.

Privacy and Personal Information

Personal information which regards to medical health of patients is a very crucial file that must not be distributed publicly, these acts of distribution of confidential file containing the names of about 400 AIDS patient sent from a country health department is an absurd act of this disgruntled employee.

One of the reason that technology was made is to lessen the use of paper, using of paper files can be hazardous to our environment, imagine how much trees will be cut to make our notebooks, newspapers and other paper documents, and paper documents can also be unsafe for those lawbreakers who violate the laws of privacy. Paper files can be easily lost, burned, or even stolen by those "disgruntled people" because they are only kept in file cabinets or folders that can be easily be found.

I agree in using electronic files rather than paper files because electronic files can be stored to a database and also can be retrieve rapidly, and a quality of technology that must not be disregarded, Security. Electronic files also has a great security for those hackers whose target is to get files and scatter them or keeping it for themselves. Hacking electronic files is a crucial thing to do which requires usernames and password and even IP addresses (Online) that only the administrator or the Chief Security Officer of the organization knows. For example in a MMORPG game if you get caught hacking other players accounts you will be banned and that’s only in a game, what about if you hacked a crucial document for example the confidential files with 400 AIDS patients, I think its worse than getting banned maybe sentence on jail or paying hundreds of thousands of dollars or pesos.

In this active modern technology spreading and continually improving, using of paper files must be minimized in keeping confidential file rather use electronic files to be easily stored, retrieve and secured.

Technological Issues

I thinks this actions is not a unnecessary use of technology because its there. This practices of innovating boardgames to computer version is just a tool or just an option for people o children to play a certain game. This actions contains advantages such as it is innovated and improved, it has world wide availability (Online boardgames), it allows single and multiplayers options The disadvantage of replacing boardgames to PC version is limited access of people, with this children with computer may only play PC version of boardgames, second Costly, you need to buy a computer and buy a software or game in order to play, and it changes the nature of the game.

Suppose an employee uses computer time, services and store on employers computer
for the employees own businesses. Can we treat this action as a theft or not?
And why?

Yes, because I consider that using of computer in the business or organization by personal use is restricted by the organization and using computer in the business only for official transactions only.