Select two of the following acts to research and write the paper above on:
1. Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 2. Children’s Internet Protection Act 2000
3. Telephone Consumer Protection Act 1991 4. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act 1998
5. Video Privacy Protection Act 1988 6. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 1986
7. The Cable Communication Policy Act 1984 8. Fair Credit Reporting Act 1970
For conducting the research study, followings assignment help topics are selected that define the necessities of act creation:
(1) Children’s Internet Protection Act 2000:
In the era of information technology, most of work is performed by the computer that facilitates its users to get any information by the access of worldwide web. Due to technology advancement, so many electronic devices like mobile, smart phones are invented that facilitated internet users for connecting the internet at the time of their requirements (Rodden, 2003). The platform of internet provided a place to individuals for linking, computing, communication, competing, and getting together with anyone at anytime and to access boundless amount of information related to any matter, products, and services.
In the scenario of effective education, computer had turned into a significant tool for the success of children in daily activity of education because the availability of the online books. Several programs of internet like sharing of files, video streaming, indoor gaming facilities, and multimedia system had made excitement in related teens and children for using the facilities of the computer. Even though, it could help for gaining knowledge, but it also opens the gate of several out of keeping material and the predator that waits to attack on the morality of children negatively (Yan, 2006). On the other hand, the use of internet by children raised several concerns of illegal activities related to the child pornography. Predator can also make physiological relationship with children and made pressure for doing hacking, piracy, and accessing private business information that caused huge loss for societies (Hinckley, 2002). The advancement of information technology and its dramatic growth produced huge opportunities for related community people, but it has also generated several ethical and social concerns that gave a place to create effective Information Technology Acts to eliminate the issue.
For addressing these ethical issues “The Children’s Internet Protection Act 2000” has formed. The main aim of this act is to defend the children from internet risks (Rodden, 2003). This act also makes a guideline for the education providers to use content filters, internet safety policies in the institution by that children would be kept out from inappropriate sites and harmful activities.
(2) Telephone Consumer Protection Act 1991:
The advances made in the technology of information systems by that any person could access the required information from other person by the use of information systems at any time. This situation gave a benefit to information gainer to make a contact with other without any complexities, restrictions and by seeing the problems of other person and their trouble. On the other hand, the unwanted calls related to telemarketing that mostly interrupted the activities of individual without showing callback number also created ethical issues related to privacy of individual (Horvath, Villafranco & Calkins, 2009). Therefore, this brings up the necessities of privacy act that could be able to protect the privacy of individual.
The “Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991” has formed that regulates solicitations related to the activities of telephones (Gandy, 2003). This act imposes several restrictions and the requirements of specific technology to maintain the aspect of privacy. The boundaries of TCPA make effective restriction on telephone solicitations during telemarketing and the uses of automated telephone equipment because it could affect the privacy of customers directly (Maheu, 2011). This act also makes the limitation for the use of automatic dialing system, prerecorded or artificial voice messages, text messages, and the use of fax machines because by the use of this advanced information technology, the identity of its users and the information about that user could not be disclosed during any unethical practices.
References
Gandy, O.H. (2003). Public Opinion Surveys and the Formation of privacy Policy. Journal of Social Issues, 59(2), 283-299.
Hinckley, S.D. (2002). Your money or your speech: the children’s internet protection act and the congressional assault on the first amendment in public libraries. Washington university law quarterly, 80, 1025-1099.
Horvath, A., Villafranco, J. & Calkins, S. (2009). Consumer Protection Law Developments. USA: American Bar Association.
Maheu, M.M. (2011). The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies: A Handbook for Practice Today. Taylor & Francis.
Rodden, K. (2003). The Children’s Internet Protection Act in Public Schools: The Government Stepping on Parents’ Toes?. Fordham Law Review, 71(5), 2141-2175.
Yan, Z. (2006). What Influences Children’s and Adolescents’ Understanding of the Complexity of the Internet?. Developmental Psychology Copyright 2006 by the American Psychological Association, 42(3), 418–428.