Laws/Acts

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Not permited to bribe foreign officials

Controlling the Assualt of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing

(CAN-SPAM) Act

Rules for legal spam

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Increases security for health records

Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA)

Parental control of children’s personal information

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

Gives law enforcement a backdoor to telecommunications

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

Increases security for communications

European Union Data Protection Directive

Information rules for doing business in the EU

Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act

Allows consumers to monitor their credit

Fair Credit Reporting Act

How credit information is handled

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Parental rights to children’s educational records

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court

A secret for approving spying

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

Rules for spying on foreign powers

FISA of 1978 Amendments of Act of 2008

Allows the NSA to spy on non-US communications

Freedom of Information Act

A citizen ask the government for information

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)

Rules for handling private financial information

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Intended to simplify and enable better health coverage

National Security Letter (NSL)

A demand for personal records

NSL gag provision

Keeps NSL recipients from telling anyone

PATRIOTS Sunsets Extention Act of 2011

Extends wiretapping and looking at records

Privacy Act

Rules for how the government handles data

Right to Financial Privacy Act

Prevents spy on financial records

Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

Rules for spying on communications

USA Freedom Act

Stopped the NSA hoovering up data

USA PATRIOT Act

Gave more spying ability to government

Wiretap Act

Rules for spying on communications

Anti-SLAPP Laws

Prevents fraudulent SLAPPs

Child Online Protection Act (COPA)

Kept bad online stuff from kids

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Requires federally funded places to use an internet filter

Communications Decency Act

Outlaws sending indecent stuff over the internet

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

ISPs are not responsible for breaking copyright laws

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA)

ISP is not responsible for user posts

Strategic Lawsuit against the Public Participation (SLAPP)

Lawsuits used to weed out the competition

Agreement of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Requires governments to enforce intellectual rights

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Rules for trade secret violations

Economic Espionage Act of 1996

Discourages stealing trade secrets

Fair Use Doctrine

Allows certain uses of copyright material

Leahy-Smith American Invents Acts

First come first serve for patents

Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act 2008

Strengthens copyright infringement laws

Uniform Trade Secrets Act

Organized trade secret laws

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)

Incentive to use technology for health records

(ISAE) No. 3402

International audit reporting rules

SSAE No. 16 Audit Report

Domestic audit reporting rules