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U.S. Privacy and Security Laws

  • Federal laws--Personal data protection
    • The Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 (“FCRA”)
      • Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (“FACT Act”)
    • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”
      • HIPAA privacy rule
      • HIPAA security rule
    • The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (“Gramm-Leach-Bliley” or “GLBA”)
      • GLBA privacy rule
      • GLBA safeguards rule
    • The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (“COPPA”)
  • Federal Laws--Marketing activity Regulation
    • Telemarketing sales rules (“TSR”)
      • Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”)
      • The Do-not-call registry (“DNC”)
    • Combating the Assault of Non-solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (“CAN-SPAM”)
    • The Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2003 (“JFPA”)
  • Laws that compel disclosure of personal information
    • State laws
      • Marketing laws
      • Security laws including secure disposal and SSN regulation
      • Security breach notification laws
    • California SB-1386 & SB-1
    • Key differences among states today
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The idea of a right to privacy originated with future Supreme Ct. Justice Louis Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren, who published "The Right to Privacy" (Harvard Law Review, 1890). Their article posited that such a right was implicit in the Constitution and the Common Law.