Privacy

Privacy Federal Laws & Resources

There have been many attempts to pass Federal level privacy legislation by legislators from numerous states over the years.  Unfortunately, no bill has successfully passed.  However, there are a few Federal laws that govern privacy in various sectors.

  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) is a US federal law enacted on April 21, 2000, to regulate the online collection of personal information about children under 13 years of age.

  • Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) is a US federal law signed into law on December 4, 2003 as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act to cut down on the number of identity theft incidents and improve secure disposal or destruction of consumer information.

  • Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (“GLBA”) is a US federal law that was signed into law on November 12, 1999 and it requires financial institutions and other businesses that offer financial services and products to communicate to their customers how they protect and share their private information and the customer’s right to opt-out of any third-party data sharing.

  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) is a US federal law that was signed into law on August 21, 1996 and it was created to modernize the flow of healthcare information and stipulate how the confidentiality and integrity of personally identifiable information held by healthcare providers be protected.

  • The Privacy Act is a US federal law enacted on December 31, 1974, to govern the collection, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals held by federal agencies.

 

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