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Privacy and the Law
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The Evolution of Cable Television
http://privacy.med.miami.edu/glossary/xd_ccpa.htm Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 This Policy protects the the personal information of cable service providers. Under this policy cable companies must mnaintain an updaters privacy contract that outlines the privacy rights of both customers and the company. I give this law a B+ because while some of our information is being protected, but it can so easily be unprotected and hackers can get around it. -
Is your privacy being protected through electronics?
https://cdt.org/insight/testimony-of-deirdre-mulligan-before-the-senate-committee-on-commerce-science-and-transportation-subcommittee-on-communications/ Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 This policy allowed governmental restrictions to not allow wire taps within everyday individual's telephones. This also prevented transmissions of electonic data by computer. I give this act a C+ because while their is a law in place to prevent this, the government wire taps anyway. -
Are your Children Protected?
https://www.cdt.org/privacy/guide/protect/laws.php Children's Online Privacy Protection Act This is a United States Federal Law. This law was enacted on October 21, 1998 and went into effect on April 21, 2000. This Law states any individual under the age of 13 is not allowed to sign or "check" I agree to these terms under this policy. Basically it protects childhood safety and will not allow coperations to contact individuals under the age of 13. I give this act a A-. -
Cell Phones: Friend or Foe?
https://www.cdt.org/privacy/guide/protect/laws.php Wireless Communication and Public Safety Act This act was enacted on October 26, 1999 and is also known as the "911" Act. This policy was created to allow the "911" Emergecny Call Number to be used on non land lines such as a cell phone. It was an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. I give this an A+ because it's a valuable rescource we should use! -
Obama's Take on Privacy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/23/we-can-t-wait-obama-administration-unveils-blueprint-privacy-bill-rights Obama’s Privacy Bill of Rights for Consumers This is an outline that specifically states how to give users more control over how their personal information is used on the Internet and to help businesses maintain consumer trust in the social medica and technology world we live in. I give this policy a C-, I'm not sure if it's going to work or not. -
Social Media: Fact or Fiction?
http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/employer-access-to-social-media-passwords.aspx A.B. 1844 Social Media This act prohibited employers and coperations to require or request access to social medica. This prevents employes from having to give up personal information such as a username and password to their employer. I give this policy a A+, it's not the employers right, it's mine! -
Websites: Are your sure your want to "Agree?"
http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-laws-related-to-internet-privacy.aspx Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22575 (2013 AB 370)- This law states that owners or copperations of websites that use personal information have to outlines the privacy rights of both the customer and the owner. Typically this is found as a check box to "Agree to these Terms and Conditions." I give this act a C+ because many of us fail to read the terms and conditions!
