Sunday, March 6, 2011

Topic: Laws Folks Need to Know About



This is but a few of the laws that folks come in contact with daily, and there are many many more, each covering some aspect of daily life or a circumstance.

  • Federal Citizen Information Center
  • Federal: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
  • State: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act ....
  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
  • A Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws
  • by BBBOnLine, Inc. and the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
    • Administrative Procedure Act. (5 U.S.C. §§ 551, 554-558)
    • Cable Communications Policy Act (47 U.S.C. § 551)
    • Census Confidentiality Statute (13 U.S.C. § 9)
    • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. §§ 6501 et seq., 16 C.F.R. § 312)
    • Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement (47 U.S.C. § 1001)
    • Computer Security Act (40 U.S.C. § 1441)
    • Criminal Justice Information Systems (42 U.S.C. § 3789g)
    • Customer Proprietary Network Information (47 U.S.C. § 222)
    • Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 2721)
    • Drug and Alcoholism Abuse Confidentiality Statutes (21 U.S.C. § 1175; 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-3)
    • Electronic Communications Privacy Act (18 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq.)
    • Electronic Funds Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. § 1693, 1693m)
    • Employee Polygraph Protection Act (29 U.S.C. § 2001, et seq.)
    • Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 U.S.C. § 1025)
    • Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. § 1691, et. seq.)
    • Equal Employment Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq.)
    • Fair Credit Billing Act (15 U.S.C. § 1666)
    • Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.)
    • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.)
    • Fair Housing Statute (42 U.S,C. §§ 3604, 3605)
    • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g)
    • Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552) (FOIA)
    • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 6801 et seq)
    • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Pub. Law No. 104-191 §§ 262,264: 45 C.F.R. §§160-164)
    • Health Research Data Statute (42 U.S.C. § 242m)
    • Mail Privacy Statute (39 U.S.C. § 3623)
    • Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. § 3501, et seq.)
    • Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a)
    • Privacy Protection Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000aa)
    • Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. § 3401, et seq.)
    • Tax Reform Act (26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6108, 7609)
    • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227)
    • Video Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 2710)
    • Wiretap Statutes (18 U.S.C. § 2510, et seq.; 47 U.S.C. § 605)

For now, have a great day and a better tomorrow.
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