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Privacy definition - hacker
Freedom from unauthorized access. Privacy issues in the security sense include digital rights management, spam deterrence, anonymity maintenance, and cracker disclosure rule adequacy. Privacy also means being able to maintain a balance between individualsÂ’ privacy rights and those of the government in providing national security.

In April 2005, the U.S. government added Canada to its “piracy watch list” and ordered a review of Canadian Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement measures. The review was apparently fueled by a number of industry complaints alleging that Canada has become a haven for pirated and counterfeit goods, primarily because it and six other countries—the Ukraine, Belize, Latvia, Lithuania, Taiwan, and Thailand—act as channels for pirated goods moving from countries such as China to the U.S.

See Also: Intellectual Property (IP); Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Infringement; Piracy; Security.

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Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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