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Cable Protection
The CCPA states that the customer must recieve a written notice of the companies privacy practice before they sign the contract and every year after that. I give this an A there isnt much information to collect through cable but they do attempt to protect the little information thats their.
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privacy &the internet
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Extension of Rights
The Electronic Communicationss Act of 1986 extended the previous laws that were already in place that dealt with wire tapping phones. Now it would include transmissions sent through computers and other devices. I give this a C because it sounds nice but the government still got all the information they needed if they wanted it.
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Childrens Privacy
The children provacy act made it illegal for information to be collected from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent. Websites had to provide a privacy policy and were also given further restrictions on advertising to thoe under the age of 13.
I give this an F because its really not all that hard to go around.
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911 for everyone
This act mandated that there be a 911 number even for non-land line phones to use. This recives an A from me. At the time not many people had cellphones so it wasnt to big of a deal now everyone has one and fewer peple use land lines so its good to have this in place
http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1287&context=fclj -
Social Media Privacy
This law makes it illegeal for employers to ask for username and passords to an applicants social media. I Give this an A there are certain lines that should be drawn and even though its an online program it is still that persons personal information.
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844 -
Information Collection
the Califorrnia law states that if a website is collecting information they must have something posted on their site saying that they will be doing so. I give this an F because the information does not have to be in plain view of the user.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=22001-23000&file=22575-22579 -
Consumer privacy
Obamas proposed policy would give consumers more control on how their information is used by the companies who collected it. I would give this a C because I dont know exactly how this will effect privacy in the future.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/23/we-can-t-wait-obama-administration-unveils-blueprint-privacy-bill-rights
