Final Privacy Activity

You and a partner are going to investigate the problems and issues facing Americans in the 21st century which for many of you, you either have not encountered these issues yet, or you have or someone you know has already faced these issues. You should summarize what the issue is in a paragraph, and then offer solutions to this problem in a paragraph. Make sure you explain your solutions completely in a paragraph. Here are the 21st century problems in the Privacy field:
1. Encryption on the Internet
2. Public Records on the Internet
3. Privacy in your automobile
4. Megan's Law
5. Purchasing and using Spying Equipment
6. Privacy issues in the classroom
7. Exclusion from certain organizations like the Boy Scouts for unstated reasons

Due this coming Friday after the newsreel at the end of the bell.

Privacy vs Safety

You and a partner are members of a town council charged with deciding if all, some, or none of the items listed below should be purchased by the council. All of these have been recommended by the Police Department and FBI as ALL necessary for purchase by every town council in your area. Research what these all are, and come up with a report recommending or not recommending the purchase of these items. Include reasons 1. What these are and what they do 2. why each of these things should or should not be purchased. Base each of your opinions on the idea of whether your privacy is being violated or not.
1.Face ID Scanner
2.Passive Alcohol Sensors
3.Bodysearch Systems
4.Radar Flashlights
5.Body Cavity Screening System

Personal Privacy

Have you ever Googled yourself? What have you found? Have you ever gone further than the first 10 search results? Today, your assignment will be to Google yourself. You will answer the following on a separate piece of paper:
1. Did anything surprise you? Why or Why not?
2. If you found things about you, what was it, and are you surprised it is there? If you didn't find anything, why do you think you didn't find anything?
3. Look at the search results beyond the first page. Look at page 2, then 3, and beyond to page 10 if there is one. Did you find anything that related to you, or was about you?
4. Does anything you found make you feel your Privacy was violated because it is located on the internet? Explain why or why not.

Privacy and ID Theft

You are to research how ID theft occurs. You are also to research how to protect yourself from ID Theft. As always, start with a simple Google search. Then, compile your information on a digital Word File. 3 examples for each part.

Your Privacy and School

You will be looking at the issues surrounding schools and Privacy. As with most school law, many changes have occurred because of Supreme Court Case decisions. You and a partner will be researching how the courts have changed school policies regarding privacy. You will:
1. Research the following Supreme Court Cases:
a. Brown vs. Board of Educ.
b. New Jersey vs. TLO
c. Tinker vs. DesMoines
d. Board of Educ. of Pottawatomie vs. Earls
After you have found these cases, summarize them- tell me what the issue was, what the decision was, and finally, a short paragraph describing how this case relates to Privacy
2. All of these should be placed on a sheet of paper in an orderly fashion, try to dress it up and make it look pretty.
3. How do these cases apply to you at Northwest today? See #2 for directions.

Privacy around the world...

1. With a partner next to you, besides you, or in front or back of you, read about the UN's Declaration of Human Rights, in particular, pay close attention to article 12. You can access it here: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
2. Choose 3 of the below countries, and describe for me their Policies towards their peoples Privacy. I would start with a simple Google search, and go from there.
a. Zimbabwe
b. Peoples Republic of China
c. North Korea
d. Cuba
e. Iran
f. Afghanistan (before US Invasion)
3. Compile your information in a simple word document and email it to Mr. Flickinger. Be prepared to share your information with the class, you may be called upon to share today!

Privacy and the internet

1. Read the following short article covering the new legislation just introduced into the Senate by Sens. John McCain and John Kerry Read it here

2. You may see the entire text of the proposed bill here

3. You and your partner will be creating your own "Privacy Bill of Rights". Style it just like the bill proposal you can read above, but with your own "revisions"...

Privacy #1

1. You and a partner will create a poster with your collaboratively defined explanation of what Privacy is. The word Privacy will be in the center of the page, and words, pictures, and sayings will surround it.
2. On a 2nd sheet of paper, and using the internet for a guide, explain how privacy affects your lives. Use the same instructions as above in #1.
3. Create a survey of 10 questions in which the recipients would answer questions about privacy in their lives and how it affects them. You can use a scale of 1-5, or 1-10, with the low number being not at all, and the high number being extremely.