Report on Information Technology Profession and Ethics

Running head: REPORT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSION AND
ETHICS
REPORT
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSION
AND
ETHICS
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Introduction:
The aim of this paper is to elaborate one of the most trending aspect which has a
significant impact nowadays while considering the growth of information technology. In
order to the above discussion this paper will also a detail explanation on the digital privacy,
followed by which it will also discuss about the regulations of digital privacy present in
Australia. Along with focusing on the issues raised due to investigation on the digital privacy
concern, this paper will discuss about the mitigation approaches which will ensure to protect
the digital equipment. Considering the above mentioned aspects it will also elaborate how the
identified issues can be mitigated by the incorporation of the effective legislation as well as
how individual can take the responsibility to reduce these (Athey et al., 2017). Followed by
this it will also consist discussion in which the comparison between the laws of digital
privacy of Australia and European Union. Lastly, it will be concluded by the discussing how
these identified laws are effective to mitigate the above findings.
Discussion:
Followed by the aspect to elaborate the significance of digital privacy it has been first
identified that privacy it nothing but the fundamental right which protects the human dignity
as well as it protects human from unwanted interference. Considering this aspect it can be
stated that internet privacy or online privacy is represents a security to the information of an
individual which has been published or transacted via the internet (Keith et al., 2017). The
term digital privacy consists of a vast area where it can be applied as it intended to influence
private data, techniques, as well as the communications which has been performed via the
utilization on internet. Along with it internet privacy is always bothered with the activities
such as internet purchase, chatting as well as any sort of online activities. Based on the aspect
of digital privacy in Australia it has been noticed that in the year 1988 a Privacy Act has been
introduced which includes the Australian Privacy Principle (APPs) (Elhai et al., 2017). In the

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Australian Privacy Principle it is mentioned that there is a significance of data protection in
order to enhance the digital privacy. After a thorough investigation on the digital privacy it
has been noticed that the government of Australia is highly concerned with the data
protection as it is significant that digital privacy it highly important in order to protect the
users private data which will enhance the security of individuals, Nowadays, this has been
high concerned topic hence, The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
(‘OAIC’) has introduced effective legislation to enhance the data protection in Australia
(Montgomery et al., 2017).
Followed by the aspect of getting digital in every aspect with every activities it can
be state that digitization has significantly impacted our daily life as well as the working
process. However, along with the identified benefits there are several concerns present related
to the digital materials significantly affects the services as well as the activities. Considering
this aspect the identified issues related to the digital material includes the durability of the
digital products as it has been identified that since, most of the documents or files are stored
in an encrypted format hence, it becomes difficult to access or read those files as it also
required necessary hardware and software as well (Thomas et al., 2016). Thus, it can be state
that in the digitization process the staffs as well as the operators and users must be aware of
the digital components. Along with is one of the most significant issues is the short life time
of the digital devices like optical devices and the magnetic materials. Followed by this, the
issues raised due to the problems related to the software dependency. Along with this there is
a problem related to the intellectual property rights (IPR) as it is a significant barrier to the
digital materials (Isin et al., 2015). Hence, followed by the above discussion it has been
notice that there are several limitation present such as the hardware failure, media failure,
communication error, network services failure, software failure as well as the obsolescence of
hardware and media. Followed by the approach to enhance the digital privacy it has been