ASSIGNMENT ON PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE

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PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE
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PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE1
Technology and Information system has emerged as the backbone of doing business in today’s
dynamic business environment. However with potential advantages of this technological
solution comes varied threats and challenges which needs to be addressed in real time. Thus the
learning journals provide an insight on the importance of privacy. The laws which regulate this
includes the Privacy Act 1988 (Sahama, Simpson and Lane, 2013). This is regarded as the
information age, where every data is available to every individual twenty four seven around the
clock. However there are potential risk so data manipulation, spread of misinformation and
various such other Cyber security threats that potentially harm business prospects. Thus to
address these issues Australian business market relies on laws that specifically help the business
houses strengthen their security of information management. Technology has a very vast impact
on the gathering storage assessing and dissemination of information. Therefore it is a necessity
on the part the Australian Government as well as private business organizations to protect their
confidential financial data. This law is meant to regulate various aspects like electronic
monitoring of people in workplace which is also known as electronic eyeing. Though the
companies often defend it as a way of measuring the productivity of the employees, but in real
sense these devices lead to interruption in the privacy of individuals. The merging of database
which incorporates personal information of the employees which is also known as data banking
is another major hindrance to privacy as the individuals are often not aware of the purpose of
such integrations. Another major threat to privacy is the rise of hackers and crackers along with
the prevalence of various stalking apps (Beall, 2013). Thus the law intends to regulate these
unethical practices that often goes unnoticed or unregulated. Another important act which
supervises the privacy concerns include The Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) which is
responsible to regulates the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices in