Public Information Online

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Public Information Online
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Timothy
Aaron
Whitney
Caroline
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• General Information
• Definition
• Types of PIO
• Who can find information
• Advantages
• Protection
• Convenience and Efficiency
• Environment
• Disadvantages
• Intentional Misuse
• Unintentional Error
• Conclusion (Group Agreement)

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What exactly is Public Information Online?

• Basically, information about a person that is
  published on the internet which the public has
  access to

Public information and records are the property
of the people and thus are to be made available
to the people (NC General Assembly)
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Types of PIO

• Government
• Tax Information
• Marriage/Divorce Records
• Criminal Records
• Property Information
• Personal
• Addresses
• Phone Numbers
• Family History

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Ways of accessing PIO

• Free on websites
• On a fee basis

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Who can find information?

• Anyone and Everyone has access as long as they
  have the Internet
• Companies can do background checks on their
  employees

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Privacy Assignment

• Property Information
• Tax Information
• Personal Information
• Address, husband, children, jobs, pets

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• General Information
• Definition
• Types of PIO
• Who can find information
• Advantages
• Protection
• Convenience and Efficiency
• Environment
• Disadvantages
• Intentional Misuse
• Unintentional Error
• Conclusion (Group Agreement)

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Online Information Used for Protection

• Sex Offender Database
• Useful tool in protecting families
• (Ex. Megan Kanka)

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Convenience and Efficiency

• Look up information from home vs. physically
  securing a hard copy
• Data can be accessed quickly and easily

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Environmental Benefits

• Conservation of natural resources

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• General Information
• Definition
• Types of PIO
• Who can find information
• Advantages
• Protection
• Convenience and Efficiency
• Environment
• Disadvantages
• Intentional Misuse
• Unintentional Error
• Conclusion (Group Agreement)

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Intentional Misuse

• Intentional Misuse Identity Theft, Hackers,
  Phishing
• CD Universe
• Red Cross

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Identity Theft

• Commercial
• crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and
  uses another persons personal data in some way
  that involves fraud or deception
• Identity Theft is a Federal Offense

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(Stop Internet Fraud and Identity Theft)
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Hacking

• Databases are what contain online information
• Software problems are the result of holes in code
• Hackers exploit these glitches
• Example of how easy it is to hack into a website

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Unintentional Error

• Unintentional Error accidentally entering wrong
  information (SSN, address, bank numbers),
  information that is not up-to-date, etc.

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They inherited the earth and then the army came
and scorched it.
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Conflicting Information
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• General Information
• Definition
• Types of PIO
• Who can find information
• Advantages
• Protection
• Convenience and Efficiency
• Environment
• Disadvantages
• Intentional Misuse
• Unintentional Error
• Conclusion (Group Agreement)

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Solution

• Centralized Database
• All the information is in one place
• Easier to maintain and protect the information
• Types of Restrictions
• Who can access
• What can be accessed
• Who controls database

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Timothy
Aaron
Whitney
Caroline