4813 FINAL Questions with complete solution
What is the difference between the US & the UK in libel law? - correct answer the UK is notorious for plaintiff friendly defamation laws
is the medium of communication relevant in US libel law? - correct answer no
Can an email sent to a sing...
4813 FINAL Questions with complete
solution
What is the difference between the US & the UK in libel law? - correct answer
✔the UK is notorious for plaintiff friendly defamation laws
is the medium of communication relevant in US libel law? - correct answer
✔no
Can an email sent to a single person be libelous? - correct answer ✔Yes
Is there any difference between libel on a blog, newspaper, twitter or
facebook? - correct answer ✔no, the medium doesn't matter
Does quickly deleting or correcting a defamatory tweet protect you? - correct
answer ✔no it doesn't affect the viability of the claim against you, but can
affect the amount of damages that can be sought from you
How expensive can it be for media practitioners who lose a libel suit? - correct
answer ✔Very, can owe millions
What is Equifax? - correct answer ✔Equifax is a major credit reporting
agency that stores and analyzes consumer's financial history and credit
choices
How did Equifax 'fall down on the job'? What kind of information was
exposed? - correct answer ✔Following a historic breach, hackers gained
access to personal financial data of 143 million americans. They gained
access to names, birthdays, addresses and social security numbers.
, What comparison was drawn between Equifax and a hypothetical bank? -
correct answer ✔If a bank had lost everyone's money, then the regulators
might try to shut it down.
What are consumer's rights regarding companies like Equifax? - correct
answer ✔Consumers have 'piddling rights' aka very few rights to data
removal or to prevent Equifax from getting any more of their data.
What's the deal with this whole Facebook debacle? What happened? - correct
answer ✔Facebook exploited the personal details of its users to fuel its
lucrative advertising business
What did Mark Zuckerberg recently learn? - correct answer ✔He learned that
privacy still matters to individuals and society.
What did Obama propose in regards to privacy? What happened with that? -
correct answer ✔Obama proposed a privacy bill of rights to give people more
control over their information, to make data collection more transparent, and
to limit what businesses can do with the data they collect. But the bill died in
congress :(
What is happening with a similar approach by the European Union regarding
privacy? - correct answer ✔EU developed a General Data Protection
Regulation, which will be put in effect this May.
What does the EU say about privacy regulations that may have benefitted
many industries? - correct answer ✔Companies that collect data must show
how they use the data & cannot collect more data than they absolutely need
to provide their services.
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