Legal Acts and Regulations Flashcards

These flashcards cover important legal acts and regulations, focusing on their definitions, purposes, and key provisions.

What does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibit?

It prohibits bribing foreign officials, foreign political party officials, and foreign candidates for political office.

What is the primary purpose of the CAN-SPAM Act?

To regulate legal spam by requiring ad labels, opt-out options, and truthfulness in return addresses.

What does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act aim to secure?

It aims to enhance security for electronic health records, including banning the sale of health information.

What rights does the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) provide?

It gives parents control over the collection, use, and disclosure of their children's personal information.

What is the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)?

It requires the telecommunications industry to provide tools for federal investigators to intercept communications.

What three areas does the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) address?

It addresses protection during communication transfer, storage protection, and prohibits recording information without a warrant.

What does the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act allow consumers to do?

It allows consumers to obtain a free credit report once per year from the three major credit reporting companies.

What rights does the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) assign to parents?

It assigns rights regarding their children's educational records.

What is the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act?

It grants citizens the right to request certain information from federal, state, and local governments.

What does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) aim to achieve?

It aims to improve health insurance coverage portability and reduce fraud and abuse in the health insurance industry.

What can a National Security Letter (NSL) compel?

It compels holders of personal records to turn them over to the government without judicial oversight.

What significant change did the USA PATRIOT Act introduce?

It increased the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to search various records.

What was the purpose of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?

To address copyright-related issues and limit ISP liability for copyright infringement.

What does the Fair Use Doctrine allow?

It allows portions of copyrighted material to be used under certain conditions.

What change did the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act introduce to the US patent system?

It changed the awarding of patents to the first person to file rather than the first to invent.

What does the Uniform Trade Secrets Act promote?

It brings uniformity to trade secret laws across the USA.