A private company installs video cameras to record the behavior of their employees. These cameras record an employee spending the last three hours of their workday browsing Facebook instead of working.

Which of the following correctly explains how the 4th amendment applies to this situation?

The company violated the employee's 4th amendment rights, since this amendment requires that any citizen provide consent before being recorded, regardless of context.

The company violated the employee's 4th amendment rights, since the Supreme Court has ruled that any installation of cameras by private organizations is illegal.

The company did not violate the employee's 4th amendment rights, since they neither searched nor seized the employee's desk, and this amendment only protects physical searches.

The company did not violate the employee's 4th amendment rights, since this amendment applies to government violations of privacy and does not regulate the actions of private companies.

The company records the employee doing this every day for weeks. They use this information to give the employee a negative performance review. How should the actions of the company be characterized?

Ethical and legal

Ethical but illegal

Unethical but legal

Unethical and illegal

A third party working for one of the company's competitors breaks into the company's systems in order to access the video recordings to learn more about the company's practices. Their goal is to gain a competitive advantage from information. What is the source of this threat?

White hat hacker

Industrial spy

Hacktivist

Insider threat