Question: Established in 1980, The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s created which of the following, which are often held up as the model of ethical treatment of consumer data?

Answer Options:

European Union Data Protection Directives
transborder data flow principles
fair information practices
BBB online data protection guidelines

Answer: fair information practices

 

Question: The USA PATRIOT Act grants citizens the right to access certain information and records of federal, state, and local governments upon request.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: Which act allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report each year from each of the three primary credit reporting companies?

Answer Options:

Fair Credit Reporting Act
Right to Financial Privacy Act
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

Answer: Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act

 

Question: Discovery is part of the pretrial phase of a lawsuit in which each party can obtain which of the following from the other party by various means?

Answer Options:

trade secrets
evidence
patent royalties
competitive intelligence

Answer: evidence

 

Question: Under which act did the Federal Communications Commission respond to appeals from the Department of Justice by requiring providers of Internet phone services and broadband services to ensure that their equipment accommodated the use of law enforcement wiretaps?

Answer Options:

Electronic Communications Privacy Act
USA PATRIOT Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

Answer: Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

 

Question: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act includes three key rules that affect personal privacy: financial privacy rule, safeguards rule, and pretexting rule.

Answer Options:

False
True

Answer: True

 

Question: In the context of the Fourth Amendment, the courts have ruled that:

Answer Options:

without a reasonable expectation of privacy, there is no privacy right
the Fourth Amendment is no longer valid
Federal agents can listen to phone conversations of U.S. citizens without a warrant
recordings by the FBI of various telephone calls made by a U.S. citizen from a public phone booth do not violate an individual’s privacy

Answer: without a reasonable expectation of privacy, there is no privacy right

 

Question: In the context of tenets of The European Union Data Protection Directive, which of the following terms refers to an individual’s right to seek legal relief through appropriate channels to protect privacy rights?

Answer Options:

Notice
Choice
Onward Transfer
Enforcement

Answer: Enforcement

 

Question: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s requirement that personal data collected should be accurate, complete, current, and relevant to the purpose for which it is used is based on which principle?

Answer Options:

individual participation
purpose specification
collection limitation
data quality

Answer: data quality

 

Question: Which act prohibits the government from concealing the existence of any personal data record-keeping systems?

Answer Options:

USA PATRIOT Act
Fair Information Practices Act
Freedom of Information Act
Privacy Act

Answer: Privacy Act

 

Question: Which act presumes that a student’s records are private and not available to the public without the consent of the student?

Answer Options:

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Answer: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

 

Question: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act:

Answer Options:

is meant to give Web masters control over the collection, use, and disclosure of children’s personal information
does not cover the dissemination of information to children
requires the installation of Internet filters in public libraries
was found to be unconstitutional

Answer: is meant to give Web masters control over the collection, use, and disclosure of children’s personal information

 

Question: Which act included strong privacy provisions for electronic health records and bans the sale of health information, promotes the use of audit trails and encryption, and provides rights of access for patients?

Answer Options:

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Answer: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

Question: Which act prohibits unauthorized access to stored wire and electronic communications, such as the contents of email inboxes, instant messages, message boards, and social networking sites?

Answer Options:

Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
USA PATRIOT Act

Answer: Electronic Communications Privacy Act

 

Question: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires healthcare providers to obtain which of the following from patients prior to disclosing any information in their medical records?

Answer Options:

written consent
payment for all services rendered
a social security number
a second opinion

Answer: written consent

 

Question: Which of the following rules requires each financial institution to document a data security plan describing the company’s preparation and plans for the ongoing protection of clients’ personal data?

Answer Options:

Financial Privacy Rule
Pretexting Rule
Safeguards Rule
Discovery Rule

Answer: Safeguards Rule

 

Question: There is virtually no way to limit the deposit of cookies on a user’s hard drive.

Answer Options:

False
True

Answer: False

 

Question: The USA PATRIOT Act requires that records of certain Internet activity be made available to law enforcement with a subpoena.

Answer Options:

False
True

Answer: True