Outside of the FTC and the FCC
This agency negotiates internationally on privacy issues with other countries and in multinational groups such as the United Nations or the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
What is The U.S. Department of State?
Is the rule-making and enforcement agency for Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
What is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
According to FTC allegations, this company violated a 2012 consent order that prohibited the company from misrepresenting the extent to which users could control the privacy of their information.
What is Facebook?
In this year, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) adopted the "Recommendation on Cross-Border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy."
What is 2007?
The sole federal agency to bring criminal enforcement actions.
What is the Department of Justice?
Under this FTC policy, administrative orders such as consent decrees are imposed for up to 20 years.
What is the "sunset policy"?
These two sector-specific statutes do impose notice requirements.
What are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)?
Refers to a variety of approaches to privacy protection.
What is self-regulation?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other antidiscrimination statues is responsible for this type of privacy enforcement.
What is workplace privacy?
The FTC powers do not extend to these two industries.
What are banking, other federally regulated financial institutions, and common carriers such as the transportation and communications industries?
This hotel company suffered three hacks to its systems from 2008 to 2009.
What is Wyndham Worldwide Corp.?
This FTC's primary method of enforcement under Chairman Robert Pitofsky is sometimes referred to as
What is the "notice and choice approach"?
This federal agency is subject to privacy rules concerning tax records.
What is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?
In practice, FTC enforcement actions have usually been settled through
What are consent decrees and accompanying consent orders?
The FTC along with this agency convened public workshops and conducted other activities to highlight the importance of privacy protection on websites.
What is the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)?
Name two priority areas announced in the 2012 FTC report.
What are Do Not Track mechanism, Mobile, Data brokers, Large platform providers, and promotion of enforceable self-regulatory codes?