With the advancements in technology, dating back in the 1960's, a concern and demand for privacy emerged. In the world of business, privacy became more of a concern for the community when the internet, computer, and cellphone were introduced. Now we live in a world of online shopping, social media, texts messages, and emails, all with their own privacy policies. The laws of the land have not been able to keep up with the advancement in technology. Even so, companies must be able to navigate their fiduciary duties along with the doing good for the community. There are laws that protect businesses from releasing private information of customers however, as a business, where is the line drawn to when private information is deemed okay to reveal.

List one case where a company refused to release customer information tied to a criminal case and another case where the company did release information tied to a criminal case.

• What privacy laws governed both of these cases?
• What laws involve corporations and privacy?
• How were these cases similar and what made these cases different?
• What are the ethical implications of each of these cases?
• How has technology influenced the laws tied to privacy?