Case 2: Searching Teachers Laptop

Mr. Cole was a high-school English teacher in Ontario. The school where he worked provided
him with a laptop, which he was allowed to use for personal purposes (e.g. browsing the Internet
or storing personal photos) in addition to work.

The school’s IT technicians were doing some routine maintenance on Mr. Cole’s laptop when
they found a hidden folder. When they looked inside the folder, they found nude photographs of
an underage female student.

The school administration confiscated the laptop and handed it over to police, who searched Mr.
Cole’s files and Internet browsing history without obtaining a warrant. Mr. Cole was charged
with child pornography.

Questions:

1) Did Mr. Cole have reason to expect that the images on his laptop would remain private? Why
or why not?

2) Typically, the police need to obtain a warrant before entering your home or searching through
your purse (although there are exceptions). In this case, should the police have obtained a
warrant before searching through Mr. Cole’s laptop? Why or why not?

3) Is there information on your laptop you would consider private? Would you feel comfortable
if your parents, your best friend, a teacher or your boss looked through all your folders?

4) When can you say that it does not violate your privacy?
 Case 1: HIV Patient

In Caraga Region, the Province of Agusan del Sur has the second highest number of reported
cases. Among the municipalities in Agusan del Sur, the municipality of San Francisco has the
highest number of reported cases. Based on this data, a medical doctor in San Francisco
Memorial Hospital who handles patients with HIV disclosed the names of those patients who
have HIV. The medical doctor disclosed the names of those HIV patients in public so that the
community will be aware and to prevent the spread of HIV.

Questions:

1. Do you think that the medical doctor did the right way? Why or Why not?
2. Do you think that the medical doctor is on the right position to divulge the identities of
the HIV patients? Why or Why not?
3. If you are one of the patients, would you allow the doctor to disclose your name in
public? Why or Why not?
4. If you are the medical doctor, is it enough reason to divulge the names of your patients
with HIV because of their threat to the community? Why or Why not?
 Case 3: Hello Garci Scandal
The Hello Garci scandal (or just Hello Garci), also known as Gloriagate, was a political
scandaland electoral crisis in the Philippines.
The scandal involved former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who allegedly rigged
the 2004 national election in her favor. The official results of that election gave Arroyo and Noli
de Castro the presidency and vice-presidency, respectively. Hundreds of national and local
positions were also contested during this election. The scandal and crisis began in June 2005
when audio recordings of a phone call conversation between President Arroyo and then Election
Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, allegedly talking about the rigging of the 2004 national
election results, were released to the public. This escalated when the minority of the lower house
of Congress attempted to impeach Arroyo.
Questions:
1. Was there a violation of data privacy in this case? Explain.

2. If you were Samuel Ong are you in the right position to expose that audio recording of the
phone call conversation of Arroyo and Garcillano? Explain.

3. Does the Election fraud be a valid reason for Samuel Ong to expose this audio recording?
Explain.

4. Should this audio recording be valid as evidence to impeach Arroyo? Explain.

Hello Garci scandal. (2018, October 06). Retrieved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Garci_scandal
 Case 4: IT grad, 23, arrested for Comelec website hack

MANILA, Philippines - Law enforcers captured the alleged mastermind in the hacking and
defacement of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website on Wednesday night.

Paul Biteng, a 23-year-old new graduate of information technology, was arrested by agents of the
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at his house along G. Tuazon and Miguelin streets in
Sampaloc, Manila at past 7 p.m.

Agents also seized his personal computer, which will be subjected to digital forensic
examination, to check his activity before, during and after the hacking.

Biteng was arrested by virtue of a search warrant issued by a Malabon City court.
Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista told reporters in a briefing yesterday that Biteng himself
“admitted that he defaced the website.”

“He wanted to show how vulnerable the website is to hacking,” Bautista said. “He wanted the
Comelec to make sure the security features of the vote counting machines would be implemented
during the election.”

1. Is this case accounted for data privacy violation? Why, or why not?
2. Does cybercrime connected to data privacy? If yes, how? If no, why?
3. Was the reason of Paul Biteng would be a valid reason for him not to be punished by the
law? Why or why not?
4. In this case when does hacking ethical?