Security Privacy

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Security Privacy

• Frank Muniz
• MGS 3040
• Chapter 11

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• Organizations have legal requirements to protect
  customer data.
• Has the government tried to protect the privacy
  of the consumer?
• GGramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act was passed by
  congress in 1999. This act protected consumers
  financial data stored by financial institutions.

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The Privacy Act of 1974

• Provides protection to individuals whose records
  are maintained by the US government.
• No agency shall disclose any record which is
  contained in a system of records by any means of
  communication to any person, or to another
  agency, except pursuant to a written request by,
  or with the prior written consent of, the
  individual to whom the record pertains....

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act

• This act was passed in 1996, and gave individuals
  the right to access health data created by
  doctors and other health care providers.
• Also sets rules and limits on who can read and
  receive a persons health information.

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Privacy in Other Countries?

• Privacy laws in other countries are much more
  strict than in the US.
• Some countries, like Australia, privacy acts not
  only protect data from the government and health
  care, but also from businesses.

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Exempt Companies

• Companies such as Dell, Continental, Amazon.com
  etc do not have a legal requirement to protect
  the data of their costumers, because neither one
  of the 3 acts mentioned before applies to them.
• Even though this may not apply to those
  companies, consumers still feel that their
  privacy is very important, and that every company
  should be forced to keep their customers
  information safe.