United States Privacy Laws
The following list contains a number of United States federal and state laws that have provisions for data privacy. Also see our list of International Privacy Laws and other information security policy resources.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – Primer for business.
- Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (Cable Act)
- California Senate Bill 1386 (SB 1386) – Chaptered version.
- Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2001 (CIPA)
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
- Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA) – Official CALEA website.
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) law summary. Full text at Cornell
- Computer Security Act of 1987 – (Superseded by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
- Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996 (CCRRA) – Modifies the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
- Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003. Text of law at Cornell library
- Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) Summary
- Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) of 2003
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (Full Text).
- Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
- Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA)
- Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 . Text of law at Cornell
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)
- Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996 (E-FOIA) Discussion as it related to the Freedom of Information Act.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1999 (FCRA)
- Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA; also know as the Buckley Amendment)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (GLBA)
- Privacy Act of 1974 – including U.S. Department of Justice Overview
- Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (PPA) – Additional discussion at http://www.epic.org/privacy/ppa/.
- Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (RFPA)
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) – (Text of law)
- Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act)
- Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 discussion and overview. Text of law at: Cornell Law Library.
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