Federal legislation

HIPAA - Health Information Portability and Accountability Act

HIPAA protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
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FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
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ECPA - Electronic Communication Privacy Act

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) sets out the provisions for access, use, disclosure, interception and privacy protections of electronic communications.
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NETA - No Electronic Theft Act

The No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act), provides for criminal prosecution of individuals who engage in copyright infringement under certain circumstances, even when there is no monetary profit or commercial benefit from the infringement.
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Wiretap Act

The Wiretap Act broadly prohibits the intentional interception, use, or disclosure of wire and electronic communications unless a statutory exception applies. In general, these prohibitions bars unauthorized third parties (including the government) from wiretapping telephones and installing electronic "sniffers" that read Internet traffic.
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USA Patriot Act

The purpose of the USA PATRIOT Act is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools.
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Indiana state legislation

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