Privacy The Legal, Legitimate Government Of A State And...

There is a myriad of systems of government de jure across the globe, that is, â€Å"the legal, legitimate government of a state and is so recognized by other states† (USLegal, 2001). Governments are different, equally, laws from country to country; legislators in diverse countries have diverse written laws. Consequently, privacy doctrines are generally dissimilar: â€Å"what it is, how it should be protected, and how much it should be respected by law enforcement personnel† (UMUC, n.d.). In the United States (U.S.), laws regarding privacy are plentiful: we have hundreds of laws with regard to privacy: Criminal laws, privacy tort laws, regulations, policies, federal statutes, etc. Similarly, each state has its own laws, regulations, and†¦show more content†¦Likewise, guarding that personal information is rapidly gaining increasing significance. There is a need for the establishment and implementation of information privacy laws and standards to protect, such as social security numbers, home addresses, and health records. Fast food restaurants collect such privacy information in order to learn about their customer’s behaviors, for example, who orders what menu items, at what times of day, and from what particular franchise location. Likewise, when creating marketing strategies, these restaurants are able to better target customers with ads and commercials that better wet appetites. On the surface, this may seem legitimate, but weighty issues such as consent to acquiring this personal information cannot be implied by circumstances rather than giving an individual the freedom of choosing to consent. McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s International McDonald’s. Ray Kroc proposed an idea to two self-service restaurant owner brothers, Dick and Mac MacDonald, in San Bernardino, California (Hess, 1986). He later devised â€Å"The McDonald’s System, Inc.,† (The Ray Kroc Story, n.d.) a plan to open McDonald’s restaurants across the United States celebrated for their making food that was â€Å"of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation† (The Ray Kroc Story, n.d.) quickly available to their customers. His train of thought was to have ordinary people and merchants buy into the business by