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20 terms das Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) An agreement of the World Trade Organization that requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations.American Recovery and Reinvestment ActIncluded strong privacy provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health information, promoting the use of audit trails and encryption, and providing rights of access for patients. It also mandated that each individual whose health information has been exposed be notified within 60 days after the discovery of a data breach.anti-SLAPP lawsLaws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by corporations, government officials, and others against citizens and community groups who oppose them on matters of concern).Child Online Protection Act (COPA)An act signed into law in 1998 with the aim of prohibiting the making of harmful material available to minors via the Internet; the law was ultimately ruled largely unconstitutional.Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)An act passed in 2000; it required federally financed schools and libraries to use some form of technological protection (such as an Internet filter) to block computer access to obscene material, pornography, and anything else considered harmful to minors.Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Requires websites that cater to children to offer comprehensive privacy policies, notify parents or guardians about their data collection practices, and receive parental consent before collecting any personal information from children under the age of 13.

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

(CALEA)

An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which required the telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators could use—after obtaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept electronic communications.Communications Decency Act (CDA)Title V of the Telecommunications Act, it aimed at protecting children from pornography, including imposing $250,000 fines and prison terms of up to two years for the transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) A law that specifies that it is legal to spam, provided the messages meet a few basic requirements—spammers cannot disguise their identity by using a false return address, the email must include a label specifying that it is an ad or a solicitation, and the email must include a way for recipients to indicate that they do not want future mass mailings.Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016An act passed in 2016 that amended the Economic Espionage Act to create a federal civil remedy for trade secret misappropriation.Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)Signed into law in 1998, the act addresses a number of copyright-related issues, with Title II of the act providing limitations on the liability of an Internet service provider for copyright infringement.Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996An act passed in 1996 to help law enforcement agencies pursue economic espionage. It imposes penalties of up to $10 million and 15 years in prison for the theft of trade secrets.Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) An act that deals with the protection of three main issues: (1) the protection of communications while in transfer from sender to receiver; (2) the protection of communications held in electronic storage; and (3) the prohibition of devices from recording dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information without a search warrant.European Union Data Protection DirectiveA directive that requires any company doing business within the borders of the countries comprising the European Union (EU) to implement a set of privacy directives on the fair and appropriate use of information.Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions ActAllows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report each year from each of the three consumer credit reporting agencies.Fair Credit Reporting ActRegulates operations of credit reporting bureaus.fair use doctrineA legal doctrine that allows portions of copyrighted materials to be used without permission under certain circumstances. Title 17, section 107, of the U.S. Code established the following four factors that courts should consider when deciding whether a particular use of copyrighted property is fair and can be allowed without penalty: (1) the purpose and character of the use (such as commercial use or nonprofit, educational purposes), (2) the nature of the copyrighted work, (3) the portion of the copyrighted work used in relation to the work as a whole, and (4) the effect of the use on the value of the copyrighted work.

False Claims ActA law enacted during the U.S. Civil War to combat fraud by companies that sold supplies to the Union Army; also known as the Lincoln Law. See also qui tam.Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)An act that makes it a crime to bribe a foreign official, a foreign political party official, or a candidate for foreign political office.Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)Describes procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information in communication between foreign powers and the agents of foreign powers.Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court Created by the FISA, this court meets in secret to hear applications for orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States.Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 An act that granted NSA expanded authority to collect, without courtapproved warrants, international communications as they flow through U.S.telecommunications network equipment and facilities.Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)A law that grants citizens the right to access certain information and records of federal, state, and local governments upon request.Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)Established mandatory guidelines for the collection and disclosure of personal financial information by financial institutions; requires financial institutions to document their data security plans; and encourages institutions to implement safeguards against pretexting.Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) A program to incentivize physicians and hospitals to implement such systems.Under this act, increased Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements are made to doctors and hospitals that demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health record (EHR) technology.Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

(HIPAA)

Defined numerous standards to improve the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage; reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in health insurance care and healthcare delivery; and simplify the administration of health insurance.ISAE No. 3402Developed to provide an international assurance standard for allowing public accountants to issue a report for use by user organizations and their auditors (user auditors) on the controls at a service organization that are likely to impact or be a part of the user organization's system of internal control over financial reporting.The international counterpart to SSAE No. 16. See also SSAE No. 16 audit report.ISO 9001 family of standardsA set of standards written to serve as a guide to quality products, services, and management. It provides a set of standardized requirements for a quality management system.Leahy-Smith America Invents ActAn act that changed the U.S. patent system so that the first person to file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will receive the patent, not necessarily the person who actually invented the item first.

NSL gag provisionProhibits National Security Letter (NSL) recipients from informing anyone, even the person who is the subject of the NSL request, that the government has secretly requested his or her records.PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011An act that granted a four-year extension of two key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act that allowed roving wiretaps and searches of business records.Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008 An act that created the position of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator within the Executive Office of the President. It also increased trademark and copyright enforcement and substantially increased penalties for infringement.Privacy ActEstablishes a code of fair information practices that sets rules for the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal data that is kept in systems of records by federal agencies.right of privacy" the right to be left alone—the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by a free people." Right to Financial Privacy ActAn act that protects the records of financial institution customers from unauthorized scrutiny by the federal government.Section 230 of the CDAA section of the Communications Decency Act that provides immunity to an Internet service provider (ISP) that publishes user-generated content, as long as its actions do not rise to the level of a content provider.SSAE No. 16 audit reportAn auditing standard issued by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It demonstrates that an outsourcing firm has effective internal controls in accordance with the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act A law that regulates the interception of wire (telephone) and oral communications; also known as the Wiretap Act.Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)An act drafted in the 1970s to bring uniformity to all the United States in the area of trade secret law.USA Freedom ActAn act passed following startling revelations by Edward Snowden of secret NSA surveillance programs, which terminated the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the NSA.USA PATRIOT ActAn act passed 5 weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It gave sweeping new powers both to domestic law enforcement and U.S. international intelligence agencies, including increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, email, medical, financial, and other records.Wiretap ActA law that regulates the interception of wire (telephone) and oral communications; also known as the Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act.