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| HIPAA Health Care Portability and Accountability Act |
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| Designed to protect the confidentiality of private health information. It provides a privacy section and a security section. |
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Title 18, created in 1984, pertains to crimes against government systems, infrastructure, financial systems, or systems that engage in international or interstate commerce.
Damages must exceed $5000 or more over a one-year period. |
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| US Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) |
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Definition
| Addresses privacy of electronic communications and illegal wiretapping. Weaker than the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. |
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| Enacted in 2001, for counterterrorism. Police can use electronic monitoring techniques with less judicial oversight. Allows secret seizures. Amended the Computer Abuse and Fraud act punish with 20 years in prison for 2nd offense. |
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