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What are some other Federal Laws that apply to Privacy?

Other federal laws may affect a company’s data security requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which applies to health data; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which applies to student records; and the Driver’s Privacy Protection...

What are the 5 Key Privacy Practices according to the FTC?

According to the FTC, a sound information security plan is built on these five key practices: • Take stock. Know what personal information you have in your files and on your computer. Understand how personal information moves into, through, and out of your business and who has access — or could...

What are the compliance standards for companies collecting, using, and sharing consumer Geolocation Data?

1. Prior to collecting geolocation and other personal information, the company or application must inform the consumer of what information is being collected; how it is going to be used; and whether the consumer has control of the collection process (can the consumer stop it). This may be...

What are the Penalties in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?

Any person whose electronic communications are improperly intercepted, disclosed or intentionally used may file a civil action to recover from the person or entity (but not from the United States). The plaintiff may also obtain an injunction, damages and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. These...

What are the Penalties in the HITECH Act?

There are 4 categories of violations that reflect increasing levels of culpability. There are also several levels of penalties. A maximum penalty of $1.5 million for all violations. The penalties are provided for in the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement, located at 45 CFR Part 160...

What are the Penalties in the Privacy Act of 1974?

(1) Any officer or employee of an agency, who by virtue of his employment or official position, has possession of, or access to, agency records which contain individually identifiable information the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section or by rules or regulations established thereunder...

What are the Penalties in the Right to Financial Privacy Act?

Any agency or department of the United States or financial institution obtaining or disclosing financial records or information contained therein in violation of this chapter is liable to the customer to whom such records relate in an amount equal to the sum of -- (1) one hundred dollars ($100)...

What do I need to know about consumer privacy online?

Advertisers should be aware of the privacy issues raised by Internet marketing. For more information about recent FTC Reports to Congress on consumer privacy on the Internet, visit the FTC's website (www.ftc.gov). Basically, the FTC strongly encourages companies to implement four fair information...

What is Nonpublic Personal Information ("NPI") according to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act?

NPI is any "personally identifiable financial information" that a financial institution collects about an individual in connection with providing a financial product or service, unless that information is otherwise "publicly available." NPI is: any information an individual gives you to get a...

What is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act?

This Act directs the FTC to issue a rule requiring entities that obtain consumers’ personal information but are not subject to the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) (Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (1996)), such as many vendors of personal health records and third...

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