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Public Information Online

Public Information Online. Timothy. Aaron. Whitney. Caroline. 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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Public Information Online

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  1. Public Information Online

  2. Timothy Aaron Whitney Caroline

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

  4. 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)

  5. Types of PIO • Government • Tax Information • Marriage/Divorce Records • Criminal Records • Property Information • Personal • Addresses • Phone Numbers • Family History

  6. Ways of accessing PIO • Free on websites • On a fee basis

  7. Who can find information? • Anyone and Everyone has access as long as they have the Internet • Companies can do background checks on their employees

  8. Privacy Assignment • Property Information • Tax Information • Personal Information • Address, husband, children, jobs, pets

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

  10. Online Information Used for Protection • Sex Offender Database • Useful tool in protecting families (Ex. Megan Kanka)

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

  12. Environmental Benefits • Conservation of natural resources

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

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

  15. Identity Theft • Commercial • “crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception” • Identity Theft is a Federal Offense

  16. (Stop Internet Fraud and Identity Theft)

  17. 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

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

  19. They inherited the earth and then the army came and scorched it.

  20. Conflicting Information

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

  22. 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

  23. Timothy Aaron Whitney Caroline

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