3 attempts left 100 points maximum score DESCRIPTION Go to www.knowprivacy.org a
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3 attempts left 100 points maximum score DESCRIPTION Go to www.knowprivacy.org and read the results of their privacy survey. Then review the privacy policies of three major online retailers (such as Sears, Target, and Walmart). Prepare a short report that answers the following: (a) Which Web site offers the most privacy to its customers? (b) What specific passages in the various privacy policies support your conclusion? (c) Does the information you have learned affect your decision to use these Web sites? Why/ why not? Include in your report a table that summarizes the similarities and differences of the Web sites you visited. (c) develop a list of privacy protection features that should be present if a web site is serious about protecting privacy. Start Attempt 1Explanation / Answer
1.Walmart offers most privacy to its customers. The reason being walmart does not "sell or rent" personal information of the customers,other than for it's own business use, without the consent of the customer.
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2.The passages that convey this information as subheaded as follows:
a) How Do We Share Your Personal Information Outside of Walmart?
We will not sell or rent your personal information. We may share your personal information in limited circumstances, such as to conduct our business, when legally required, or with your consent.
We will not share your personal information outside of our corporate family of companies, except in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We share personal information about you with service providers that help with our business activities, including shipping vendors, billing and refund vendors, payment card processors, and companies that help us improve our products and services. We require our service providers to keep your personal information secure. We do not allow our service providers to use or share your personal information for any purpose other than providing services on our behalf. Your personal information may be stored and processed by our service providers in the United States or other locations where the service providers or Walmart maintain facilities.
Products and Services Offered by Other Businesses
We will sometimes enable other businesses to make products or services available to our customers, such as through Walmart.com Marketplace retailers. You may purchase products or services from these other businesses at our stores or through our websites or mobile services. We indicate when products or services are offered by other businesses and share with these businesses personal information related to your purchase of their products and services.
Legal Requirements and Protection of Our Company and Others
We may share your personal information in other special circumstances, which include situations when sharing is required by law, or we believe sharing will help to protect the safety, property, or rights of Walmart, our customers, our associates, or other persons. Examples include:
Business Transfers
In the event that all or a part of our business is merged, sold or reorganized (including transfers made as a part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings), personal information about you could be shared with the successor business. We will use reasonable measures to help ensure that any successor treats your information in accordance with this Policy.
With Your Consent
In any circumstance other than those described above, we will ask for your affirmative consent before we share your personal information outside of our corporate family of companies, and we also will not sell or rent your personal information.
b )How do we secure your personal information-
"We recognize the importance of maintaining the security of our customers’ personal information. We use reasonable security measures, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect your personal information.
We have a team of associates who are responsible for helping to protect the security of your information. Whether you are shopping on our websites, through our mobile services, or in our stores, we use reasonable security measures, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards. These measures may include security access controls or other physical security safeguards, information security technologies and policies, procedures to help ensure the appropriate disposal of information, and training programs.
Here are some examples of security measures we use to protect your personal information:
To learn more about measures you can take to protect the security of your personal information, please click here."
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3.The privicy policies of the 3 online retailers namlely Sears, Walmart and Target are distinct in thier own way in terms of varying amount of third party interference and the range of personal information collected and dispersed.
Walmart of all seems to have the safest privacy terms for consumers and gives a wide range of choices to abstain from sharing information as compared to the other 2 retail stores which have large 3rd party interferences and low encryption policies.
This does impact my decision in using the websites. A website that protects my information automatically seems to be more reliable and safe.
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