Chapter 5 Flashcards
- Telecommunications operators
- Internet firms
- Financial institutions that provide online services (e.g., banking institutions, insurance companies, securities companies, and foundations)
- Cybersecurity product and/or service providers
- Enterprises that have websites and provide network services
Network operators examples
Issued warnings, confiscated illegal income, and penalties of up to RMB one million (about $152,000 USD)
Failure to comply with the Cybersecurity Law
Approach to privacy protection, particularly in the private sector, is significantly different from the approach taken in Europe and in Canada
The United States
The only national privacy policies to survive congressional debate have passed into law on a case-by-case basis
Sectorial approach to privacy law
Requires accurate and relevant data collection by entities that compile CONSUMER REPORTS as well as persons who use consumer reports
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
It gives consumers the ability to access and correct their information and limits the use of consumer reports to permissible purposes
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
FCRA stands for:
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Factors in establishing a consumer’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment or other business purpose
Purpose of consumer report
any information that pertains to:
1. creditworthiness
2. credit standing
3. credit capacity
4. character
5. general reputation
6. personal characteristics
7. mode of living
and that is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing a consumer’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment or other business purpose
Consumer report
Any entity that routinely furnishes consumer reports to third parties for a fee
consumer reporting agency (CRA)
CRA stands for:
consumer reporting agency
- Provide consumers with access to the information contained in their consumer reports, along with the opportunity to dispute any inaccurate information.
- Take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of information in the consumer report.
- Not report negative information that is outdated. In most cases, this means account data more than seven years old or bankruptcies more than 10 years old.
- Provide consumer reports only to entities that have a permissible purpose under the FCRA.
- Maintain records regarding entities that received consumer reports and provide consumer assistance as required by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules.
CRA Requirements
Account data more than 7 years old or bankruptcies more than 10 years old
Outdated negative report according to FCRA
- Have a permissible purpose as prescribed by the law
- Provide certifications to the CRA that they are accessing the report for a permitted purpose
- Notify consumers when adverse actions are taken and limit the types of adverse actions that can be taken as a result of obtaining or reviewing the information contained within a consumer credit report
Users of credit report requirements
All business, credit, and employment actions affecting consumers that can be considered to have a negative impact as defined, such as denying or canceling credit or insurance, or denying employment or promotion
Adverse action
Civil and criminal penalties that include significant statutory damages
Noncompliance to FCRA
FTC and state attorneys general
Enforce violations of FCRA
HIPAA stands for:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
U.S. law that specifically addresses health information privacy
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
US national standards for electronic healthcare information transactions
HIPAA rules
- privacy
- security
- transactions
3 subsets of HIPAA rules
Minimum standards
HIPAA privacy and security rules
Any information that identifies, or reasonably could be used to identify, an individual and that relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of healthcare to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare to that individual
personal health information (US)
- Healthcare providers (e.g., a hospital)
- Health plans (a specific program offered by an insurer or other provider)
- Healthcare clearinghouses (third - party organizations that host, handle or process medical information)
Entities that are directly covered under HIPAA
“Business associates” and any other entity that uses or discloses personal health information
Entities that are indirectly covered under HIPAA
HHS and state attorneys general
Enforces HIPAA
Both civil and criminal penalties with significant fines and potential prison sentences
HIPAA penalties
GLBA stands for:
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
To address all sorts of issues regarding mergers and to provide significant privacy and security protections for consumers
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
GLBA protects this information.
It is personally identifiable financial information that is
(1) provided by a consumer to a financial institution
(2) resulting from a transaction or service performed for the consumer, or
(3) otherwise obtained by the financial institution
nonpublic financial information
US domestic financial institutions, defined to include any U.S. company that is “significantly engaged” in financial activities
Application of GLBA
A.K.A. Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
Publicly available information and any consumer list that is derived without using personally identifiable financial information
Excluded from nonpublic financial information
- Securely store personal financial information
- Give notice of policies regarding the sharing of personal financial information
- Give consumers the alternative to opt out of some sharing of personal financial information
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) basic requirements
- Prepare and provide to customers clear and conspicuous notice of the financial institution’s information-sharing policies and practices. These notices must be given when a customer relationship is established and annually thereafter.
- Clearly provide consumers the right to opt out of having their nonpublic personal information shared with nonaffiliated third parties (subject to a number of significant exceptions related largely to the processing of consumer transactions)
Under GLBA, U.S.-based financial institutions are required to:
FTC and state attorneys general
Enforce GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
COPPA stands for
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000
Operators of commercial websites and online services (especially those directed to children under the age of 13), general-audience websites and online services if they have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children under the age of 13
COPPA applies to: