Exam 4: Privacy

A National Security Letter is subject to judicial review and oversight.

The Constitution does not contain the word privacy, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the concept of privacy is protected by the Bill of Rights.

Under the , financial institutions must provide a privacy notice to each consumer that explains what data about the consumer is gathered, with whom that data is shared, how the data is used, and how the data is protected.

The European Union Data Protection Directive requires member countries to ensure that data transferred to non- European Union countries is protected.

The cost of a data breach can be quite expensive, by some estimates nearly $200 for each record lost.

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

The restricted the government's ability to secretly intercept communications.

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against .

Briefly describe how society is struggling to define the extent to which employers should be able to monitor the work-related activities of employees.

The included strong privacy provisions for electronic health records and bans the sale of health information, promotes the use of audit trails and encryption, and provides rights of access for patients.

Financial institutions must inform consumers of their right to , that is, to refuse to give the institution the right to collect and share personal data with unaffiliated parties.

In 2008, the granted expanded authority to collect, without court-approved warrants, international communications as they flow through U.S. telecom network equipment and facilities.

The Glass-Steagall Act allows consumers to obtain a free credit report once each year from each of the three primary consumer credit reporting companies.

The prohibits unauthorized access to stored wire and electronic communications, such as the contents of email inboxes, instant messages, message boards, and social networking sites.

After have been stored on a computer, they make it possible for a Web site to tailor the ads and promotions presented on it.

Title I of the extends the protections offered under the Wiretap Act to electronic communications, such as fax and messages sent over the Internet.

The rights assigned to parents by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act transfer to the student once the student reaches the age of 21.

The USA PATRIOT Act grants citizens the right to access certain information and records of federal, state, and local governments upon request.

A pen register is a device that records the originating number of incoming calls for a particular phone number.

In the context of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) privacy guidelines, refers to the fact that personal data should be accurate, complete, current, and relevant to the purpose for which it is used .