ICTECH INTERNET LAWS

internet law

- cyberlaw

  - legal principles applied in using the internet

1) law

2) architecture

3) norms

4) market regulation

Ways to regulate the use of internet

law

most common way of regulating the cyber world

architecture

- deals with the information transmission on the internet.

- deals with “how” systems are built to prevent crimes and regulate the internet

norms

the standard behavior of people when interacting online

market regulation

- websites and businesses should create good marketing strategies to take advantage of the cyberworld

- contents are driven by trends

cybercrime prevention act of 2012

- R.A. 10175

  - covers crime-related, content-related offenses, and offenses to confidentiality or privacy

business opportunity rule

 states that sellers and service providers should present enough information to their prospective customers and clients about their products and services. 

telephone consumer protection act

- control number of telemarketers by restricting automatic dialing and pre-recorded phone calls. 

CAN-SPAM Act

- this act states that businesses cannot send bulk messages to customers without their consent.

- helps to avoid spam messages

- includes option for the customers to stop receiving emails from the seller.

native advertising guidelines

- set of rules for placing native ads on different website

native advertisement

 - often do not look like an ad because they follow the format of the website they appear on or they might look like an article, news, or entertainment.

digital millennium copyright act

- aims to regulate the access, use, and copyright of digital media. 

- imposes penalties to people that commit copyright infringement or illegal use and distribution of copyrighted materials and media. 

fair use

- deals with the copying and using of copyrighted materials for a limited purpose 

such as commenting, criticizing, editing, or creating parodies even without the direct 

permission of the creator given that the user still acknowledges the copyright. 

- protection for users to avoid copyright infringement claims from the original creators.

anti-cybersquatting consumer protection act

an act to protect the right of a trademark holder from online abuse

cybersquatting

- buying or using a domain that looks similar to another trademarked business or organization, whether to gain profit or traffic on your website

- such as copying the domain name of popular websites to gain profit

gramm-leach-bliley act

- requires institutions and businesses that provide financial products, such as loans, investments, and insurance, to explain their data protection policies to their customers. 

health insurance portability and accountability act

- ensures that the data collected from the patients will remain confidential and undisclosed. 

- patient’s consent is needed if there is a need to disclose specific information. 

- applies to healthcare or health insurance providers 

children’s online privacy protection act

- lets parents or guardians control the information that different websites collect from their children. 

- applies to children under 13 years or age

computer fraud and abuse act

- governs most computer-related crimes, one of which is hacking. 

- regulates the access of people to different networks and computers without proper authorization