Web Ethics & E-Issues (Vocabulary)

box or pop-up appearing to be a Windows message box from the user’s own computer, but is an advertisement

• Explicit

• Solicit

• Pop-up Window

• Warning Box

Piracy is the unauthorized copying, sharing or use of another person’s production or intellectual property for personal gain

• True

• False

notifies Internet users a website is abiding by its posted privacy policy

• Traditional File Sharing

• P2P File Sharing

• Torrent File

• Privacy Seal

to attract or provoke for negative or illegal actions

• Explicit

• Solicit

• Pop-up Window

• Warning Box

written down; expressed on paper and readily observable

• Explicit

• Solicit

• Pop-up Window

• Warning Box

window appearing randomly on a computer screen; usually while browsing the Internet

• Explicit

• Solicit

• Pop-up Window

• Warning Box

pop-ups, banners or downloads which do not allow the user to click “cancel” or “close”

• Annoyware

• Pop-up Window

• Drive-by Download

• BBBOnLine

program asking the user to download a program without actually clicking on anything to download

• Annoyware

• Pop-up Window

• Drive-by Download

• BBBOnLine

subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus; provides a method to handle complaints for consumer’s if they feel that their privacy has been jeopardized

• Annoyware

• Pop-up Window

• Drive-by Download

• BBBOnLine

banner displayed on a Web page which appears to be part of the actual Web page, but is not

• Banner Ad

• Intellectual Property (IP)

• Cookies

• Explicit