Exam 4: Privacy

There is no federal law requiring that organizations reveal a data breach, however, more than half the states have implemented such legislation.

Under the HIPAA provisions, healthcare providers must obtain ____ from patients prior to disclosing any information in their medical records.

The ______________________________ established the Federal Communications Commission and gave it responsibility for regulating all non-federal-government use of radio and television broadcasting and all interstate telecommunications-including wire, satellite, and cable-as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States.

The set of privacy guidelines set by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and consisting of eight principles is commonly known as the _________________________.

HIPPA requires healthcare organizations to employ standardized electronic transactions, codes, and identifiers to enable them to fully digitize medical records thus making it possible to exchange medical records over the Internet.

____ is information gathered by monitoring a consumer's online activity.

Many organizations have developed a policy on the use of IT in the workplace to protect against employee abuses that reduce worker productivity or expose the employer to ____________________. or

The most widely accepted approach to treating consumer data responsibly is for a company to adopt the ______________________________ and the 1980 OECD privacy guidelines.

The ____ requires member countries to ensure that data transferred to non-European Union countries is protected, and bars the export of data to countries that do not have data privacy protection standards comparable to the European Union's.

A private organization can defeat a privacy claim simply by proving that an employee had been given ____________________ that e-mail, Internet use, and files on company computers were not private and that their use might be monitored. or

____ is keystroke-logging software downloaded to users' computers without the knowledge or consent of the user.

A group of Web sites served by a single advertising network is called a collection of ____________________.

Under the PATRIOT Act, the FBI can issue a National Security Letter to compel banks, Internet service providers, and credit reporting companies to turn over information about their customers without a court order simply on the basis that the information is needed for a(n) _________________________.

The ____ enables the public to gain access to certain government records.

Online marketers use personalization software to optimize the number, frequency, and mixture of their ad placements, and to evaluate how visitors react to new ads.

A Web browser using the ________________________________________ protocol downloads the privacy policy from each Web site, scans it, and notifies users if the policy does not match their preferences. or or or

There is virtually no way to limit the deposit of cookies on your hard drive.

Under the ____, the Federal Communications Commission responded to appeals from the Justice Department by requiring providers of Internet phone services and broadband services to ensure that their equipment accommodated the use of law enforcement wiretaps.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ____.

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable ____________________ searches and is often invoked to protect the privacy of government employees.