On June 7, 2013, the information from a top secret document was leaked into the public, in which it suggested that the National Security Agency had been operating an undisclosed program called Prism. NSA claimed to have direct access to the online personal materials that are supposed to be “private” to search engines, social media, and electronics retailers. Companies, such as Google, Facebook, Apple and  Verizon, were revealed that they had joined the Prism since the earliest date of December 2007. NSA claimed that the purpose of operating such program was to track suspected foreign terrorists under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

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Does this suggest that business ethics and users’ privacy should be ignored when confronting government enforcement? When the government enforces law against social privacy, a company must weigh the importance between protecting the users’ privacy and maintaining its business ethics, or damaging the relationship between the company and the government. If the decision was done by myself, I would allow the government to track my users’ data but only under the full acknowledgement and consent of my clients. What would be your thoughts if you are the CEO of the company and has to make the same decision?