Reading 6 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Q1: Which of the following is not one of the categories in Daniel Solove’s taxonomy of privacy?
* Information collection.
* Information dissemination.
* Information processing.
* Information filtering.
Information filtering.
Q2: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act:
* Makes it illegal for an online service to request a credit card number from a child 17 years old and younger.
* Requires online services to create aliases for all customers who are 17 years old and younger.
* Makes it illegal for children 12 years and younger to participate in chat rooms.
* Requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.
Requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.
Q3: The Census Bureau has not always kept confidential the information it has collected. According to the textbook, this became apparent:
* After the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* During the Civil War.
* During the Vietnam War.
* After September 11, 2001.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Q4: Which of the following laws does not provide some sort of authorization for governmental wiretapping?
* Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
* Federal Communications Act
* Electronic Communications Privacy Act
* Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
Federal Communications Act
Q5: Which of the following precepts is not part of the Code of Fair Information Practices?
* There must be no personal data record-keeping systems whose very existence is secret.
* There must be a way for a person to find out what information about the person is in a record and how it is used.
* There must be a way for a person to correct or amend a record of identifiable information about the person.
* There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system.
There must be a way for a person to collect damages for financial losses caused by incorrect information about that person stored in a data record-keeping system.
Q6: The Fair Credit Reporting Act:
* Gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.
* Ensures that information about criminal convictions does not haunt a consumer’s credit report forever.
* Is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.
* Makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating.
Is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.
Q7: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
* Gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.
* Allows credit bureaus to sell personal financial information they have gathered.
* Makes it possible for a consumer to declare bankruptcy without harming his or her credit rating.
* All of the above.
Gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.
Q9: The Video Privacy Protection Act:
* Prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without written consent of the customer.
* Prohibits DVD manufacturers from installing software that sends reports over the Internet every time a DVD is played.
* Prohibits the government from prosecuting minors who play “adult” DVDs in their own home.
* All of the above.
Prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without written consent of the customer.
Q8: The Financial Services Modernization Act:
* Allows banks to offer insurance and stock brokerage services.
* Requires banks to disclose their privacy policies to consumers.
* Requires banks to develop policies that will prevent unauthorized access to customers’ confidential information.
* All of the above.
All of the above.
Q10: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
* Ensures that a consumer can keep the same health care provider even when he or she changes employers.
* Attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.
* Ensures that a consumer can sue doctors and hospitals for medical malpractice.
* Ensures that doctors and hospitals can counter sue patients who file frivolous medical malpractice claims.
Attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.
