Business Privacy Law Handbook

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• Publisher: Artech House
• Year: 2008
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781596931770
• Topic: Law
• Index: Law

This authoritative handbook serves as your one-stop guide to understanding and complying with the complex, evolving world of corporate privacy law. Written in clear, non-technical language, the book breaks the privacy compliance universe into manageable parts. You find guidance on collecting and using customer information. You learn how to comply with data protection laws. The book helps you understand the industry-specific obligations of banks, healthcare providers, communications companies and other lines of business. You get the latest details on protecting employer interests while respecting employee privacy. Moreover, you find guidelines on the lawful use of telemarketing, fax advertising, and commercial email. This comprehensive resource also covers compliance for companies doing business with, and in, Europe under the European Union Data Protection Directive. This practical book supports key topics with practice tips, excerpts from relevant laws and regulations, and appendices that list many of the more important federal and state privacy laws.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: A Systematic Approach to U.S. Privacy Law Compliance
• P A R T I Information About Consumers and Customers
• CHAPTER 1 Collection and Use of Personal Information on the Internet
• CHAPTER 2 Data Protection: The Evolving Obligation of Business to Protect Personal Information
• CHAPTER 3 If Your Organization Is a Financial Institution: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Other Financial Privacy Legislation
• CHAPTER 4 If Your Organization Is an Electronic Communication Service Provider: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act and Stored Communications Act
• CHAPTER 5 If Your Organization Is a Provider of Health Care, Health Insurance, or Related Services
• CHAPTER 6 Doing Business in—or with— Europe: The European Union Data Protection Directive
• P A R T I I Information About Job Applicants and Employees
• CHAPTER 7 The Hiring Process
• CHAPTER 8 Internal Investigations and Other Aspects of the Employment Relationship
• CHAPTER 9 Surveillance of Employees and Employee Communications
• P A R T I I I Communicating with Customers and Consumers
• CHAPTER 10 Telemarketing
• CHAPTER 11 Fax Advertising
• CHAPTER 12 Spam: Regulation of Commercial E-Mail
• CHAPTER 13 Monitoring and Recording Customer Communications
• PART IV Other U.S. Privacy Laws
• APPENDIX A Selected Federal and State Privacy Statutes and Regulations
• APPENDIX B Key Provisions of State Secure Disposal Laws, Data Security Laws, and Data Security Breach Notification Laws
• APPENDIX C The Jurisdiction and Enforcement Powers of the Federal Trade Commission
• APPENDIX D The Federal Trade Commission Safeguards Rule
• About the Author
• Index