Professor Lucas Phelps sent the following e-mail to Professor Marlin Jones: “I r

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Professor Lucas Phelps sent the following e-mail to Professor Marlin Jones: “I recently read the opinion piece you wrote for the Sacramento Bee on affirmative action. Your opinion is incorrect, your reasoning and analysis are poor, and I am embarrassed that you are a member of the faculty here at Cal State Yolinda.” Professor Jones forwarded the note from Professor Phelps to the provost of the university and asked that Professor Phelps be disciplined for using the university e-mail system for harassment purposes. Professor Phelps objected when the provost contacted him: “He had no right to forward that e- mail to you. That was private correspondence. And you have no right of access to my e-mail. I have privacy rights.” Do you agree with Professor Phelps? Was there a breach of privacy? Explain.

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Ans- Yes I agree with Professor Phelps, that Professor Jone should not forward that mail to the provost of the university, it is a breach of privacy, According to law, privacy breach occur when there is unauthorized access to, or collection, use, or disclosure of, personal information. Such activity is “unauthorized” if it occurs in contravention of applicable privacy legislation and this happened in Professor Phelps case.

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