COMPUTER ETHICS

WHAT IS COMPUTER ETHICS?

• Ethics is moral principles that govern the behaviour of a group or

individual.
• Computer ethics is moral principles that regukates the use of
computers which include intelllectual property rights and digital
rights.
• Computer ethics would suggest that duplicate copyrighted
electronic or digital content without the author’s permission.
• As it is possible to access someones’s personal information on a
computer system, computer ethics would advise that such an
action is unethical.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 Refers to the ownerships of intangible and non-physical goods which

includes ideas, names, artwork and also refers to digital media such as
audio and video clips that can be downlaoade online
 Intellectual property is more difficult to protect than other types of
property as it is intangiible.
 Because of money implications intellectual property is often used as a
legal term to safeguard the rights of creators and inventors
 Innovators and creators can have legal protection of their ideas and
innovationby copyrigthing written works, applying for patentsns for
inventions and trademarking brands, name, or logo.
DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

 Refers to a collection of systems used to protect copyrights of elctronic

media which include digital music and movies
 Important to publishers of elctronic media since it ensures they will receive
appropriate revenue for their products.
 It helps publishers limit the illegal propagation of copyrighted works by
controlling the trading, protection, monitoring and tracking of digital
media
 Digital Rights Management helps publishers make sure their digital content
is only be used by those who have paid for it.
GREEN COMPUTING

 Green computing is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of

computers and their resources. It is also defined as the study of designing ,using
and disposing of computing devices in a way that reduces their environmental
impact
 ENERGY STAR server (Dell,HP) consumed 54% less power than older model
servers. Ssrvers that earn the ENERGY STAR will, on average, be about 30%
more energy-efficient than standard servers.
 In addition to using less energy themselves, ENERGY STAR-qualified servers
substantially reduce cooling loads in data centers. A general rule of thumb
suggests that one watt saved by a server has the added benefit of saving one
to two watts of cooling power. It’s important to note that these power savings
come with a substantial increase in performance—at 50% utilization.
INFORMATION PRIVACY

 Refers to the privacy of personal information and ususally relates to

personal data stored on computer system
 Applicable to collected personal information such as medical records,
financial data, criminal records or website data
 Information privacy is to ensure that information is available to only those
with authorized access and to prevent data mining and the authorized
use of personal information.
 COOKIE

 A small amount of data generated by a website and saved your web browser
 To remember information about you, to store login information for a specific sites
 Some sites will save both username and password in a cookie while others will only
save the username
 Browser cookies come in two different types: ‘session’ and ‘persistent’. Session
cookies are temporary and deleted when the browser is closed. It is often used by
e-commerce sites to store items placed inyour shopping cart.
 Persistent cookies are designed for an extended period of time. Each persistent
cookie is created with an expiration date which may be anywhere from a few days
to several years in the future. Once expiration date is reached, cookies are dleleted
 Some browsers allow you to delete specific cookies or even prevent cookies from
being created. While disallowing cookies in your browser may provide higher level
of privacy, it is not recommended since many websites require cookies to function
properly.