Data Privacy Act of 2012

not transferred to countries outside European economic area unless country has adequate protection for the individual

In this document I will be discussing the laws that are related to security and privacy of datas, I will explain how they relate to the security and privacy of data.

The law states that all educational institution and university are applied by this law. As per the law it states that all educational institution must protect the privacy of its student and all its records should be protected and must give access to only view their own record.

The data protection Act 1988 and 2003 are designed to protect an induvial privacy. Any information shared with someone in the trust can only be passed on to third party with the agreement of person disclosing it. information must only be shared on professional basis using appropriate channel. There are eight rules of data protection which govern the processing of personal data. • Obtain and process the information fairly.

California’s SB 1386 takes the FTC’s efforts one step further by requiring companies to notify California residents when a security lapse has resulted in disclosure of personal information so that immediate action may be taken to mitigate damages. In 2002, the California state employee payroll database was breached. Confidential information about 265,000 employees was available to hackers including names, addresses, bank account numbers, and social security numbers. The data center didn’t notify anyone for several weeks, leaving the employees vulnerable to identity theft longer than necessary. In response, SB 1386 was enacted as a means to ensure that Californians receive prompt notification so they may take immediate steps to protect their personal information.

The consumer expects that when using a public computer for a specified task such as printing through a service, that the data or material is protected from other users including employees. When using a public computer for internet surfing, tax filing banking, etc. the general public user does not always think about the threats to security of their own personal information. It is important for the company to protect the users in addition to the users understanding the potential threats that exist when entering personal information.

Often our nation sees as a symbol of freedom to the world; however, since the events of 9/11 the U.S congress signed into law the U.S Patriot Act. This legislation extends the power of the government by strengthening its oversight authority over the nation, claiming war on terrorism and protection of national security against any potential threats. As an American citizen, I agree with some of the terms and measures adopted under the Patriot Act in which the government needs to intercept, obstruct, and monitor terrorism actions keeping us safe from potential attacks. However, the acts fails to secure American liberties, rather it facilitates and encourages the government to be authoritative on the pretext of the idea of national security, assuming

The data protection Act 1998 is how personal information of living people is being used. The main intention is to protect people’s data from being used illegally. The principles of the data protection act that must be followed are the information must be used moderately and follow the rules set by the law. The information must be kept for a certain period of time. For example, if an organisation has information of someone and they can only keep it for 5

The relationship in the middle of gathering and scattering of information, innovation, people in general desire of security and the legitimate and political issues encompassing them. However, the Data Protection Act 1998 is an Act intended to ensure data held about people. All associations including health and social care organisations must enroll as an information client and take after the principles gave.

When comparing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, both have privacy and security rule,

The Privacy was enacted for the use of computerized databases that might impact the individual’s privacy rights. Here are key provisions of the act:

The term digital privacy can be defined as or explain as by using digital means protecting information of private citizens or business, In these days when people try to explain what is digital privacy mostly they refer to usage of internet or relate with it. This is the technology era, digital privacy is being discussed in related areas, and addressing related issues according in right direction drive towards solution and help to secure more data. Digital privacy focuses and depends on the medium that is used by individuals and business, for example number of internet users do not have any idea that their activities and information about them regularly being stored. Through computer internet protocol, (IP) user’s activities and database can be accessed and monitored and information like search and view website history with date and time saved be search engines or servers. In this age, we can experience instant and dramatic changes and improvements in communication technology and digitalisation, to get require information become lot easier than before but also on the other hand to access information and breach of privacy is also being witness and sometimes technology help to expose abuses.

Over the past decade the world has gotten much smaller due to the electronic communication the Internet has fostered. While this promotes business and international relations, problems arise regarding the protection of individuals’ personal information. Many countries around the world have developed privacy policies and laws protect an individual's information in the realm of electronic communication. Universal enforcement gets complicated because the Internet is not restricted to one country; it’s worldwide. As a result, concerns arise regarding the compatibility of various countries' privacy policies. This paper will discuss the current legislation in place for various major

“This legislation grew out of the fact that by 1998 roughly ten million American children had access to the Internet, and at the same time, studies indicated that children were unable to understand the potential effect of revealing their personal information online and parent failed to monitor their children’s use of the Internet.” (Koby)

Act was made law in 1984 but was replaced by a new Act in 1998 to