{"id":342,"date":"2026-10-02T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:38:52","slug":"privacy-research-assignment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/privacy-research-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Research Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Course: PHIL 335E &#8211; Cybersecurity Ethics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artifact Type: Ethics Research Assignment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This assignment led me to examine the ethical implications of mass data collection through Kant&#8217;s Formula of Universal Law. I focused on whether collecting personal information without consent could be considered an ethical practice and used research on consumer privacy to support my decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I argued that the primary ethical concern with mass data collection in the collection and use of personal information without meaningful informed consent. I applied Kant&#8217;s Formula of Universal Laz to consider what would happen is collecting personal data without consent became a standard practice followed by all organizations. I also incorporated outside research to examine how providing users with understandable privacy information and choices can support more informed decisions about their personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artifact<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38478\/2026\/10\/image.png-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skills Demonstrated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing about data collection form an ethical standpoint requires communication on a position that involved more than a purely technical cybersecurity issue. I had to explain an ethical framework, apply that to a modern privacy concern, and use outside research to support my reasoning. This assignment demonstrates my ability to communicate a position clearly and support an argument with both ethical reasoning and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course: PHIL 335E &#8211; Cybersecurity Ethics Artifact Type: Ethics Research Assignment Overview This assignment led me to examine the ethical implications of mass data collection through Kant&#8217;s Formula of Universal Law. I focused on whether collecting personal information without consent could be considered an ethical practice and used research on consumer privacy to support my&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/privacy-research-assignment\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30530,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/ycarp001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}