Ammar Abouelghar                DataBase Portfolio

Portfolio Proposal

Candidate Name        Ammar Abouelghar

Title of Piece        DNA database swabs over 100,000

Area of Impact        Medicine & Science

News Item                DNA database swabs over 100,000, BBC, Monday, 11 February 2009

Does the topic relate to ITGS ?                                                        

Yes

Is the Area of Impact one that has not been addressed in a                 

previous portfolio piece ?

Yes

Was the news item published no more than six months before                 

you started the course ?

Yes

Date of publication of the article                                                    

Monday, 11 February 2009

Does the article raise one or more social or ethical issues related         

to an IT system ?

yes

Social issue                                                                                 

Security, the medical data might be viewed by unautherized individuals

Social issue                                                                                 

Ethical issue                                                                         

Privacy is an issue, since it becomes easier to access such important information, anyone that works in the hospital might access that without the permission of the patient which is a violation of privacy

Ethical issue                                                                         

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Is the problem clear ?                                                                

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Yes

The problem is                                                                        

Privacy and security, such informatio can be accessed by unautherized individuals

Can you describe one viable solution ?                                                

yes

One viable solution is                                                                

Only limit the access to those who are incharge of the database and inform that such information will be viewed by those autherized workers.

Also have a strong protection software.

Do you have access to a range of resources on this topic ?                

yes

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Ammar Abouelghar

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