Homwork Assignment (for Tutor Nicole 3)

Running Head: MATRIX MAPPING OF ETHICAL ISSUES CONCERNING PRIVACY 0

Matrix Mapping of Ethical Issues Concerning Privacy

Paper B1 Assignment – Week 3

Henry S. McMahon

IFSM304 7982

Professor David Copeman

April 2, 2017

Table of Contents

Matrix Mapping 3

Matrix Explanation 5

References 7

Matrix Mapping

Ethical Issues: Location Privacy
Stakeholders	Autonomy	Confidentiality	Respect for persons
Self	One should make the decision to enable or disable location services on their devices.	Users have a choice of giving out their location data or choosing to keep the data a secret.	As a person, I should not install applications or initiate procedures which can collect other people’s location data because it can compromise their privacy, security, human rights and freedoms.
Phone Manufacturers	Phone manufacturers should allow for users to be able to switch on or off their location services on their devices.	Phone manufacturers should keep user location data private since its exposure could lead to the users of devices being exposed to possible risks, such as, being stalked.	Phone manufacturers should have protections for users against their location data being stolen or tracked by unauthorized applications. Users should be able to control which applications have access to their location data.
Mobile Service Providers	Mobile service providers should let device users decide whether they want their location data collected or not (Michael et al., 2008).	Mobile service providers should not collect user location data for marketing purposes. Mobile service providers should only use the data upon request of the user and/or by federal laws.	Mobile service providers need to protect user’s location data from being accessed by authorized personnel.
Government	The government should respect autonomy of device users and should let users decide whether they want their location data collected or used in any way.	The government should not collect user location data without user consent.	The government should not collect data from individuals without their consent unless it is in response to national or international security issues and backed by federal laws.

Matrix Explanation

I chose this dilemma because most technological devices currently have location services enabled on them. When using an application that prompts for the enabling of location services, my lack of trust and confidence in government and big corporations causes me not to enable the location service. In addition, I do not enable location services because I have no idea how the information is stored, as well as, who has access to the information.

The three principles I chose are closely tailored and are geared towards the protection of an individual and their rights. The principles vouch for an individual to be able to make their own decisions without external parties influencing or controlling how the decisions are made. The principles are important in reinforcing ethics pertaining to the collection, storage, and dissemination of the user’s location data.

The three principles play an important role when creating safeguards for users of technological devices. These safeguards ensure various privacy protection laws against unlawful access, collection, and use of the user’s location data. In addition, the principles give insight into ethical values that can be used as a tool to guide manufacturers, service providers, government, and individuals on making better decisions that do not go against ethics and/or compromise the safety of their users (Michael et al., 2008).

References

Michael, M. G., Fusco, S. J., & Michael, K. (2008). A research note on ethics in the emerging age of überveillance. Computer communications, 31(6), 1192-1199.