Abstract The term cookies is applied to the general mechanism which server side connections may employ for the purposes of storing and retrieving information from the client side of a connection. This paper examines the parameters that make up the cookie, the manner in which a cookie is used as well as the advantages and disadvantages to both user and website. In particular it discusses issues concerning Internet privacy.
From the Paper "However the major issue with cookies is with regard to Internet privacy and this has raised a lot of controversy on the use of cookies that infringes on the privacy of the users of the Internet. . This hue and cry has come about because of the way in which some companies utilize the information that the cookies can secure and there are two ways in which this misuse is seen. In the first instance this method of misuse has been the bane of Internet user for decades. The Web site that is visited by a user is capable of not only tracking the purchases made by the user, but also the various pages that are accessed by the reader including the various advertisement sites visited and so on. "
This paper discusses that only when the privacy of the individual is guarded, and the security of information ensured, can we reap the full benefits of the Internet.
Abstract This paper explains that the key Internet issues of Internet security and privacy arise because of the anonymous nature of the Web. The author points out that cookies are nothing but small pieces of data that are stored on the hard disk of the user and are used primarily for storing the settings for the Web pages as per the user's interest. The paper stresses that children are more prone to let out their personal information when they surf the Net and can accidentally come across offensive Web pages with vulgar, pornographic contents.
Table of Contents
Thesis
Introduction
Internet Privacy and Security
Privacy Issues
Cookies and Privacy Threat
Children and Privacy
Legal Issues
Protecting Privacy
Other Security Issues
Impersonation
Man-In-Middle Attack
Denial of Service Attacks
Virus Threats
Problem of Static IP Address
Firewalls and IDS
Protecting Information
Data Encryption
Key Based Encryption
Encryption Based on Symmetric Key
Encryption Based on Public Key
Socket Security Layer
Encryption Standard
Companies Specializing In Internet Security
Symantec
Security Measures
The Future Prospects
Conclusion
From the Paper "Man-In-Middle Attack is another form of information abuse in which a third party intercepts information flow between two computers and alters the data. Typically, this attack is carried out by mocking a well-known website. A practical example of this type of "spoofing" was the 1999 incident when a website spoofed as Bloomberg News service, posted information that "Pairgain", a telecommunication company was being taken over by an Israeli firm. This falsified information posted on the counterfeit website sent the stock trading up by 30% and the trading volume grew by 7 times its usual. However when the hoax came to light the stock prices plummeted down resulting in huge losses to investors who bought the shares at inflated prices. This example highlights the serious consequences of internet crime."
Abstract This paper answers various questions regarding the recruitment, planning and evaluation of a team of sales people for "The Chocoholics Cookie Company".
Abstract The paper examines the dismissal of Ms. Maria Rodriguez from her position with The Cookie Jar, a reputable Toronto-based company. The paper begins first by examining the facts of the case as they are presented to the arbitrator. The paper examines the law as it pertains to any such situation wherein an employee such as Ms. Rodriguez is dismissed for breaching a condition of her employment.
From the Paper "The following paper will examine the dismissal of Ms. Maria Rodriguez from her position with The Cookie Jar, a reputable Toronto-based company. The paper begins first by examining the facts of the case as they are presented to the arbitrator. From there, the paper examines the law as it pertains to any such situation wherein an employee like Ms. Rodriguez is dismissed for breaching a condition of her employment. In so doing, the paper will draw upon some noteworthy precedents within the law which bolster Ms. Rodriguez's claim that she was unjustly terminated from her job."
Abstract The paper is based on a case study of an employee who admittedly was drinking while at work. The essay is an arbitration report that provides the union, employee and management sides. The case is broken down into facts, details, mitigating circumstances, arbitrator's decision and recommendations. Current Canadian arbitration cases are cited to support the position taken.
From the Paper "The facts of the case are these; on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 (no time indicated) Ms. Murphy a forklift operator on the inventory management team of The Cookie Jar Inc. was suspected to be drinking while at work by one of her colleagues Chris Saunders. Ms. Murphy at that time denied that she was drinking. Mr. Saunders reported his suspicion to the floor manager, Samuel Jones at 2:00pm that same day. Subsequently, Ms. Murphy was called into Mr. Jones' office."
Abstract This paper examines people's behaviour regarding security and privacy issues on the internet and how portal/e-business companies can increase their security and therefore regain customers trust. People are very concerned about their security and privacy on the internet. However the greatest concern is with financial transactions. So while many people are prepared to use the internet for certain purposes, there are still a great number of users who are concerned about security issues.
Contents:
Internet Portals
History
Features of Major Portals
Privacy and Law
Privacy Concerns
Privacy Bill
Privacy and the Internet
Privacy Policies
Cookies Use of Cookies Cookie Awareness
Internet Security
Viruses
Encryptions
PGP
Digital Signatures
SSL
Set Protocol
Firewall
Security Concerns
Methodolgies
Questionnaire
Survey Results
Recommendations for Portal and E-Business Comapnies
Recommendations for Internet Users
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
From the Paper "According to World Internet Link (2001) ?Internet Portals are among the hottest Internet trends of the day.? Client Help Desk (2002) describes an Internet portal as ?a Web site which offers a great amount of content and services, either on many subjects or on a specific subject.? Major Internet portals, a further development of search-engines, include AltaVista, Excite, Lycos and Yahoo. Problems arise because of privacy concerns as some users don?t want to provide personal information and credit card details to an Internet portal and/or e-commerce company. The personalisation of Internet portals is possible via a cookie. Originally designed for consumer convenience, the cookie is an important tool to personalise and customise an Internet portal. Initially, portals offered only search tools but are now more personalised, enabling users to customise them by initiating their own start-up page containing their individual content, layout and colour. Furthermore portals started selling products too."
Abstract This paper examines in depth the Internet security concerns for consumers and business in their commerce transactions. This paper focuses on the problems that are actually being faced in E-commerce, but largely ignored because of the lack of realization of the capability of hacking software and Internet Cookies. It describes the various security issues and the recommended manner of tackling the problem. This paper provides great detail to many Internet technologies in specific, including the sections on encryption, firewalls and software.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Importance of the Issue
Data Privacy and Modes by which Organizations Protect Consumers
Problems
Cookies Encryption
Firewalls
Viruses and Hackers
Security Threats and Information Systems Organizational Impacts/Issue
Future
Conclusion
Bibliography
From the Paper "At the moment e-commerce trade is not functioning at its optimal level. The boom that the Internet experienced had previously experienced has slowed as consumers begin realizing that e-commerce is not as safe as it was considered to be. Problems like uncontrolled viruses, hackers and seemingly safe cookies have emerged to take the field by the storm and created a whole new scenario as businesses try to reestablish consumer confidence. These factors are causing the consumers and business personnel to demand online security solutions. Organizations realize that they need to view the Internet security issues with as much seriousness as they would the problem had it arisen within their physical territory. As the use of the Internet increases so odes the risk of security and if the corporations ignore this very real threat they will be shortchanging their business productivity. As more and more nations and populations go online there is created an unprecedented potential for growth. To take full advantage of these corporations must spruce up their security and manage their growth in a manner that not only increases sales revenue but also creates customer confidence. Creating the awareness of Internet security for better business transactions and thus, successful businesses is what we should be concerned with. Thus, this paper will present a case scenario of the problems facing the online business world today and how best they may be tackled so that they create a consumer confidence that has been missing for the past few years. Focusing on Internet cookies, as it is the subtlest of threats, and thus the one most usually undermined, the paper will cover the various security issues and the recommended manner of tackling the issue if any. (Author not available, 2000)"
Abstract DoubleClick, as a top ad-server company on the Web, inserted banner ads and other promotional messages on Web sites. Those messages were aimed at the most likely customers, using text files called cookies, which allowed DoubleClick to track what people are looking at and build detailed profiles of them. The paper explains that these profiles show how Web surfers, who are identified only by their cookies, move around among sites, including what products they purchased and how long they stayed at a particular site. This paper examines the lawsuits brought against DoubleClick for violation of privacy rights and deceptive business practices. It also discusses the mandates put out by the Federal Trade Commission which regulate the use of personally identifiable information with clickstream data.
From the Paper "Targeting consumers by using cookies should be held to a higher standard than e-mail advertising. Cookies were originally implemented to allow the customization of information for a particular user, such as remembering your name, information you submitted previously on forms, and the contents of shopping carts. However, cookies are now being used to collect information on browsing habits, browser specifications, system information, and web-based spending and viewing habits. An invasion of privacy issue occurs because many users aren?t aware of the use of their cookies and the storage and retrieval of cookie information goes unnoticed by most users."
Tags: Harriet, Judnick, Abacus, Direct, Network, Advertisers?, Initiative, NAI
Abstract This paper takes a look at the many different forms and methods of advertising available on the internet. These include "pop-up advertising" where an additional window opens when one enters a specific site; and "spyware" which is free, downloadable software that advertisers use to track users surfing habits, generating pop-up advertisements based on the type of websites a user visits. The paper also examines the different ways that users may combat agressive advertising tactics.
From the Paper "According to the internet research firm Cyvelliance, more than twenty-five percent of top Web destinations now use some form of in-your-face marketing tactics (Spring 25). Fueling this ad explosion is an estimated 9.6 billion dollars that Gartner G2 research firm estimates will be spent on internet advertising in the year 2002 (Spring 25). Corporate America is financing some of these intrusive ad campaigns, often without realizing it. Even reputable companies such as Citibank, Ford, and Sears have all paid commissions to aggressive Web marketers (Keizer). In the quest to generate more revenue and traffic to their website, many advertisers are using sleazy new tactics such as pop up advertisements, mouse-over downloads, or spy ware, leaving many web patrons feeling irate and helpless."
Tags: computers, cookies, mouseover, pop, spyware, stealthware, web
Abstract With more and more consumers shopping on the internet every day, the issue of the privacy of one's personal information obtained in e-commerce transactions has raised some concerns. The paper discusses two areas of e-commerce privacy that are attracting a great deal of attention - the exploitation of personal information for marketing purposes and the accidental exposure of credit card numbers and other personal information. These issues are discussed around two court cases involving the online marketing company, DoubleClick, Inc.
From the Paper "The problem of consumers? online privacy will continue to be an issue in e-commerce until online privacy laws are passed. The debate over e-commerce privacy legislation is a battle between consumers demanding privacy protection and businesses that fear government restrictions will hinder e-commerce (O"Neill). According to observers, the online privacy bills with the greatest chance of becoming law are yet to be introduced (O"Neill). Senator Conrad Burns of Montana is sponsoring one such bill that may soon be introduced (O"Neill). The bill would establish an opt-out system where consumers would have to click to stop web sites from gathering their personal information (O"Neill)."
Abstract Discusses both potential & pitfalls of internet marketing. Common concerns associated with internet marketing including marketing to youth, on-line gambling, privacy issues & "Cookies," and consumer shopping on the internet. Direct Marketing Assocation (DMA). On-line protections. SPAM. Problems of misinformation on some Web sites.
From the Paper "Introduction
The Internet (which, for the purposes of this research, will include the World Wide Web, newsgroups, gopher sites and FTP sites) has made it possible for people around the world to communicate with each other. Such communication possibilities have not gone unnoticed by marketers, and electronic commerce is a business which is growing rapidly. With such growth, however, and given the lack of coordination among various Internet sites, ethical concerns have arisen regarding Internet marketing. This research examines some of the more common concerns associated with Internet marketing.
Marketing to Youth
One of the areas which garners a lot of media attention is the issue of marketing to youth. Some precautions can be taken to ensure that minors do..."
Abstract This paper goes through a detailed history of COPPA. The writer begins by discussing why this law was legislated and what the initiators hoped to achieve. It then looks at how the law is practically applied and who it affects. It further discusses court cases brought as a result of COPPA through May of 2002, and ways companies can avoid using COPPA.
From the Paper "Privacy and freedom of speech have been struggling against each other for ages, but especially since the inception of the Internet. Millions of people go online every day for information, e-mail, and other uses, and many of those people have an expectation of privacy. Cookies, SPAM in e-mail, and websites sharing information with third parties are just some of the privacy issues that have become hot button items for debate. While some legislation has been introduced to regulate what goes on online, not much of it has been successful. One of the pieces that has passed, however, and made quite a stir, is the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act."
Abstract This paper provides general information and guidelines for the following topics: cookies, spam, firewalls, and viruses. The author explains how the user can surf without headaches and protect his or her privacy.
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide examples of companies that engaged in some form of earnings management between 1992-2001 and identify which of Levitt's reporting illusion categories they illustrate. The reporting illusions identified by Levitt are as follows: "big bath restructuring charges"; creative acquisition accounting; ?cookie jar? reserves; "immaterial" misapplications of accounting principles; and premature recognition of revenue.
From the Paper ""Big bath restructuring" charges are when large charges associated with company restructuring occur to help companies clean up their balance sheet. Companies do this when earnings take a major hit, thinking that Wall Street will look beyond a one-time loss and focus then only on future earnings (Levitt 1998). "Creative acquisition" accounting is when a company classifies an ever-growing portion of the acquisition price of a merger as "in process" research and development so the amount can be written off as a one time charge removing any future earnings drag (Levitt 1998). Also done is the creation of large liabilities or future operating expenses to protect future earnings done under the mask of an acquisition (Levitt 1998). What Levitt termed as "cookie jar reserves" is when a company uses unrealistic assumptions to estimate liabilities for things like warranty costs, loan losses or sales returns (1998). In effect, this stashes accruals into a cookie jar when can be raided when needed in the bad times."
An exploration of the concept of multiple intelligences, especially as regards the integration of an arts-based education model throughout the entire curriculum.
Abstract This paper argues that education in all of the art forms benefits children by increasing their cognitive skills. It looks at how, when children engage in the arts, they are able to access and incorporate many different learning styles and intelligence factors that enhance not only their learning within the arts themselves, but also generally improve their verbal and written skills. It examines the concept of multiple intelligences, in general, as well as applying it specifically to the incorporation of arts education, and suggests a possible application of how teaching through the arts is a way of supporting a multiple intelligence approach. Overall, it argues that a multiple intelligence approach, especially one incorporates the arts, helps students to learn.
Outline
Abstract
An Anti-Cookie-Cutter Model
Multiple Intelligence and the Arts
Gardner's "Frames of Mind"
Standardized Tests and Intelligence(s)
Critical Thinking and Multiple Intelligence
Recommendations
Rembrandt for Fetuses
Conclusion
From the Paper "It should come as no surprise to us that children ? and adults ? learn in different ways and that we can use different learning styles and different kinds of intelligences to help children achieve their greatest potential. While there are a number of different ways in which the idea of multiple intelligence can be used to provide classroom instruction, one of the most powerful may be to integrate the concept of multiple intelligence and the praxis of art education. Participating in the arts ? music, dance, and visual art ? helps children learn not only about the arts themselves but also about a wide range of other subjects."
