WGU D333 Objective Assessment (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Ethics in Technology Exam | Review with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A
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Executive Order 12333
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Identifies the various government intelligence-gathering agencies and defines what information can be collected, retained, and disseminated by the agencies. It allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen data—even when those citizens are not specifically targeted.
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ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act)
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Deals with the protection of communications while in transit from sender to receiver; the protection of 1 / 4
communications held in electronic storage; and the prohibition of devices from recording dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information without a search warrant.
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CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act)
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Requires the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators can use—after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept electronic communications.
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping new powers both to domestic law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies, including increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone communication, intercept email messages, and search medical, financial, and other records; the act also eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering in the United States.
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act of 2004
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Authorized intelligence gathering on individuals not affiliated with any known terrorist organization (so-called lone wolves).
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008
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Granted the NSA expanded authority to collect, without court-approved warrants, international communications as they flow through the U.S.telecommunications equipment and facilities.
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PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act
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Granted a four-year extension of provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that allowed roving wiretaps and searches of business records. It also extended authorization intelligence gathering on "lone wolves."
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USA Freedom Act
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Terminated the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the NSA instead requiring telecommunications carriers to hold the data and respond to NSA queries for data. The act also restored authorization for roving wiretaps and the tracking of lone wolf terrorists.
-Response to Snowden leaks
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OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
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Created a set of fair information practices that are often held up as the model for organizations to adopt for the ethical treatment of consumer data.
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