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Privacy and the Internet
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Cable Protections
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 required cable companies to acquire consent from subscribers in order to collect and/or disclose personal information from them. There are big acceptions to this policy. This law get's a D because of the exceptions in the policy when it comes to the collection and disclosure of a person's information. The exceptions result in very little protection for the suscriber.
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Prohibitition of Interception
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) makes it illigal to intentionally intercept or attempt to intercept any communication through wire, oral, or electronic means. It also protects files that are kept about users by service providers.
https://it.ojp.gov/default.aspx?area=privacy&page=1285
This law gets an A because it protects both the user and the service provider. -
Think of the Children
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) makes it unlawful for websites to knowingly collect information from someone under the age of 13. Parental conncent is required to obtain any information from someone under the age of 13. This law gets an A because it protectes children by putting limits on what information can be collected from them over the internet,
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9-1-1
The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 resulted in making 911 the emergency call number for all phones. This included wireless phones. This law gets an A+ because it has saved and helped numerous citizens by having an easy to remember emergency number in times of need. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106publ81/pdf/PLAW-106publ81.pdf -
Obama's Plan
The Obama Administration introduced something called the "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights." It outlines ways that the Obama administration plans to better secure the internet by ensuring things like the right to know what is being collected from them and the right that their information will be secure. This gets a C because the outline is good, but as of now it seems to vague and doesn't expand much on what is already expected by the consumer to be done. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off -
Privacy for Workers
A.B. 1844 Social Media (2012) provides protection to workers and students when it comes to their social media profiles. This prohibits from emplyers and institutions asking an individual for their private passwords in order to obtain or lkeep their position. This law gets an A+ because it keeps a person's personal life and work life seperate.
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Privacy Notification
Assembly Bill No. 370 affects opperators of Internet web sites or services. It requires them to list in their privacy policy what information they are collecting from it's users and how they are using it. This law gets a B because it doesn't do too much to protect it's users, but it does inform them more on what is being collected. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_370_bill_20130927_chaptered.htm
