Introduction to legal Issues in Technology

1. Legal Issues in Applied
Technology
Breonn Pooler

2. As new technology is created
laws that surround their use has
broaden and extend to data,
evidence, creative works, and
inventions.

3. Four Laws
Privacy
Copyright
Patent
Evidence

4. Privacy
• i.e., the law that regulates the
collection, use, processing, and
disclose of personal information.
Under most privacy laws, personal
information is defined as
information which identifies an
individual or allows an individual to
be identified;

5. Privacy
First category: relates to privacy
issues caused by security
vulnerabilities. These security
vulnerabilities may include, for
example, weak authentication,
insufficient encryption, and insecure
firmware.
Second category: of issues refers to
the use of technology for unlawful
surveillance.

6. Copyright
the law that governs the ownership and use of creative works

7. Copyright
the exclusive right
of the author or
producer of a
literary, scientific,
or artistic work to
publish and
reproduce it.”

8. Patent
the law that regulates
the rights to inventions.

9. Law of Evidence
the law that governs the proof of facts in legal
proceedings;

10. Conclusion:
• The legal issues associated with technology
have grown as much as the technology
itself. With the rapid advancements in
technology the legal issues that surround its
use will have a difficult time keeping up.