Internet Laws

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how the Internet has quickly developed into one of the important commercial and educational communication media of the modern world and how the unlimited possibilities of the Web have wooed all kinds of entrepreneurs to explore the online medium for expanding business. It also explores how the anonymous nature of the Internet has also contributed to security concerns, theft of intellectual property, identity theft, and privacy concerns, among other related problems, like hacking, snooping etc., and how, with computers invading the health care, insurance, and other important sectors of our life, concerns over privacy and security of data have become all the more pronounced. It looks at how, over the years, regulatory restrictions have been enforced and how they are continuously being refined to make the Internet a safe and secure place in which to learn, communicate, and do business.

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Introduction
Privacy and Security Issues
The Graham-Leach-Bliley (GLBA) Financial Services Modernization Act
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
CIPA Act
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)
The Regulatory Medium (Intellectual Properties)
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Sale of personal information is another privacy issue. Cookies are one of the ways by which companies keep track of the browsing pattern and the buying behavior of the consumer. Cookies are used to target marketing schemes as per the buying behavior of the customer. There are countless marketing companies and multilevel marketing companies sprawling on the internet. Invariably these companies sell their customer information from their customer database to other companies leading to clear breach of customer privacy. Spamming is a related issue where the net user receives unsolicited emails and marketing information. The European Union and the United States have many laws, which are meant to protect the privacy of the user and stipulations pertaining to the collection of "personally identifiable" information on the internet."

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