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Katharina Pichler, a resident of San Diego, California, purchased a plane ticket from Zest Airlines. The flight was scheduled to leave from San Diego and arrive in New York City on December 31, 2024. Katharina later decided to change the flight to the next day – January 1, 2025. When Katharina contacted Zest Airlines to make the adjustment to her reservation, she learned for the first time that Zest Airlines used a company named YourFlight to do the real-time seat assignments for their customers, including Katharina’s seat assignment on both the December 31 and January 1 flights. Believing that the California legal framework considers the sale of personal information to include “any disclosure” of personal information to another company, Katharina contacted the California Attorney General’s Office with her complaint. What defense is Zest Airlines likely to assert?

Two Georgia Tech students are in the development stages for Steps of Knowledge – a U.S.-based company that uses artificial intelligence to analyze the walking gaits of individuals to determine the identity of these individuals. The videos used for this analysis are acquired from video cameras on urban streets. Although the company has yet to earn any annual gross revenues, Steps of Knowledge expects its primary clients will be major sporting events, such as Major League Baseball games, where the company will be contracted to identify known terrorists attempting to enter the venues. Each of these stadiums will have a seating capacity of at least 25,000 people. Due to legal concerns related to newly enacted state comprehensive privacy laws, Steps of Knowledge decides not to originally roll out the company in these states. Steps of Knowledge’s two founders have expressed concern over the possibility of a nation-state attack, where a foreign government would be seeking to steal the company’s patented technology. The company’s Chief Privacy Officer is concerned about whether the company will need to comply with state data breach notification laws if a nation-state attack occurs. In determining whether Steps of Knowledge’s data is subject to most state data breach notification laws, which potentially conflicting issues will the Chief Privacy Officer likely need to examine?

Peter Petrovna decided to learn about his family’s heritage by taking a DNA test that was provided by an online company, Relatively Speaking. The company sent Peter a test to collect his saliva.  Peter learned the results of his saliva test on the website maintained by Relatively Speaking. The company does not post a privacy notice on its website. What classes of privacy might concern Peter?

Gerry Garibaldi, a federal law enforcement officer, was the victim of identity theft. Gerry believes his ex-girlfriend Talia Talbot, an accountant, committed the crime using her laptop. Gerry still had a key to Talia’s house which he used to retrieve this potential evidence. Gerry then took Talia’s laptop to the local police station. Finding that this evidence was gathered in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the judge did not permit the laptop to be used as evidence in the criminal trial against Talia for identity theft. This principle is known as:

TalkTalk, a U.S.-based company that manufactures and sells smart phones, states in its 2023 advertising campaign that a TalkTalk smart phone knows a lot about its owner but that the company only knows that the customer bought the phone. Privacy by Intent, a non-profit organization with members in all 50 states, grows concerned that these statements do not reflect the practices of TalkTalk. Privacy by Intent commissions a study that reveals that TalkTalk collects personal data from its customers when these customers use apps on their phones. Because of the hidden nature of this practice, TalkTalk did not provide to its customers notice at the time of collecting this data and did not discuss this practice in its privacy policy. Do the state comprehensive privacy laws in Virginia and California require both notice at the time of collection and notice in the company’s privacy policy?

Más verbos irregulares Complete the following sentences with the correct preterit form of a verb from the word bank. First, read the statements. Then, for each blank, choose the most appropriate verb from the word bank, according to the context of the sentence and conjugate it in the preterit. Type your response in the space provided. You may use each verb only once. (2 pts. each: 1 pt. for correct verb choice, 1 pt. for correct conjugation; 8 pts. total)  MODELO: Ayer yo         tuve         entrenamiento en el gimnasio toda la tarde.   decir hacer poder poner querer venir traer saber ir tener dar ser     1. Yo [1] muchas cosas el fin de semana pasado: vi el partido, salí a cenar con mis amigos, estudié…   2. El viernes pasado Graciela y Lupita prepararon y [2] una torta de chocolate a mi casa para la fiesta de cumpleaños.   3. Para la fiesta en mi casa Antonio [3] a las ocho de la noche y estuvo tres horas.   4. Viste esa comida exótica en la fiesta, pero ¿no [4] probarla? Eres muy tradicional.

Los pronombres dobles. Read each sentence carefully. Then, choose the answer that best completes it. (2 points each = 8 points total) MODELO:Siempre le escribo canciones a mi novio. → Siempre                   escribo. se las se lo          le las me la ninguna de las anteriores   1. El camarero me trae el menú rápidamente. → El camarero [1] trae rápidamente.   2. Compré los libros para ti en el centro comercial. → [2] compré en el centro comercial.   3. Ellos no te van a decir su número de teléfono. → Ellos no [3] van a decir.   4. Para el cumpleaños Joaquín nos dio una sorpresa agradable. → Para el cumpleaños Joaquín [4] dio.  

Gustavo, age 5, and his younger sister Alejandra were playing in the living room when Alejandra grabbed at the toy that Gustavo had. He lashed out and punched Alejandra in the arm, making her cry. Their mother immediately took Gustavo aside and, rather than punishing him, explained how his behavior made his sister cry, and that he needed to share his toys. This is an example of what type of parenting style?

Approximately how many cigarettes does a person have to smoke early in life to increase her or his chance of becoming a habitual smoker?

Which of the following children is most likely to be diagnosed with ADHD?