OSG Chapter 4

Question 1

What is PIPEDA?

Answer 1

The Canadian privacy law

Personal information protection and electronic documents act

Question 2

What are the 3 types of software licensing agreements?

Answer 2

1) Contractual licensing - written agreements between the vendor and user.

2) Shrink-wrap - written on the software packaging and taken effect when a user opens the package (breaks seal).

3) Click-Through - shows a page with T&C’s and requires you to tick a box to acknowledge you agree (like most websites).

Question 3

What is the one-liner for the Economic Espionage Act of 1996?

Answer 3

Penalties for individuals found guilty of the theft of trade secrets, with harsher punishment for those who know it’ll benefit a foreign government.

Question 4

What is the one-liner for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?

Answer 4

DMCA prohibits the circumvention of copy protection mechanisms placed in digital media and limits the liability of internet service providers for the activities of their users.

Question 5

One-liner of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

Answer 5

Protects computers used by the government or in interstate commerce from a variety of abuses.

Question 6

One-liner for the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?

Answer 6

(US)
Makes it a crime to evade the electronic privacy of an individual.

Question 7

What government agency sets regulation for Encryption Export Controls in the US?

Answer 7

BIS - Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security

Question 8

What is FISMA?

Answer 8

(US)
Federal Information Security Management Act

Requires federal agencies implement an information security program that covers the agencies operations.

Question 9

What is HIPPA? What is it’s updated version from 2009?

Answer 9

(US)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Privacy and security regulations/requirements around health information

HITECH - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health

Question 10

What is COPPA?

What is GBLA?

Answer 10

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - barriers between financial institutions (banks, insurance, etc.)

Question 11

What is FERPA?

Answer 11

(US)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

For any educational institute that accepts federal funding. It grants certain privacy rights for any students over 18 and the parents of minors.

Question 12

What is the requirement of a non-EU company to be able to receive and store EU GDPR data?

Answer 12

1) Privacy Shield Status
And
2) Contractual clauses or binding corporate rules

Question 13

What is SOX?

Answer 13

Sarbanes Oxley

Regulates financial reporting activities of publicly traded companies.