Exam 27: Cyberlaw

Maria,who lives in the United States,gains unauthorized access to a bank's computer system and steals financial information about customers.Of what is Maria guilty,and under what statute(s)could she be prosecuted?

Carfano v.Metrosplash.com,Inc.held Matchmaker.com was not liable because:

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is a federal statute regulating e-mail.

Burns Medicine Shop developed a website where customers could ask the pharmacists questions and could refill prescriptions online.What statute requires Burns to have and disclose a privacy policy to anyone using the website?

If a program is on your computer monitors your activities without your permission,you may be able to get protection through state legislation which makes spyware illegal.

Sherry,a 12-year-old,visited a website that wanted to know her family size,her parents' educational level,and her weekly allowance.The site also asked Sherry's name,mailing and e-mail addresses,and age.

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act covers:

If you can guess someone's password you can legally enter that party's email account.

The federal government has preempted the field of online privacy,so states may not pass their own online privacy statutes.

Spam is illegal per se.

MajorLine offered travel packages,including airfare and hotel accommodations,at a discounted price on their website.However,after Jason charged MajorLine's fees to his credit card,he did not receive the promised airline tickets or the coupons for a reduced hotel rate.He found that other customers had been similarly defrauded.MajorLine:

Consumers have been active in requesting government regulation of web data collection to protect their privacy.

The privacy of e-mail is regulated by:

Under current law Internet service providers are not liable for information that is provided by someone else.

Daniel went onto an Internet message board and found that his ex-wife,Faye,had posted a message calling him a fat,insensitive jerk who only cared about watching sports on TV.Does Daniel have any protection against Faye's making such statements to a potentially large number of readers,some of whom may know Daniel and some of whom may not?

Which of the following is NOT true under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?

The employer has the right to monitor a workers electronic communication:

Rachel works for the Internal Revenue Service,but keeps some personal information on her computer at work.The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution,prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures,does not apply to the government's right to obtain personal information on her computer.

When you surf the Internet,information,much of which is anonymous,is collected about you.

The United States of America v.Angevine case held that the professor had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his office computer.