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19. What is a trap-and-trace device?
20. What is a roving wiretap?
21. What are the implications of the Stored Communications Act for all those who let an
Internet service provider handle their email?
22. What are the three most controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act?
23. Why has the expanded use of National Security Letters raised privacy concerns?
24. Briefly summarize in your own words the five tenets of the Code of Fair Information
Practices.
25. Robert Bellair has said, “The Privacy Act, it turns out, is no protection at all. You can
drive a truck through the Privacy Act” [66, p. 212]. Explain why Bellair and other privacy
advocates feel the Privacy Act of 1974 is a weak piece of legislation.
26. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires information that may negatively affect an indi-
vidual's credit rating to be removed after seven years. What are two exceptions to this
guideline?
27. How does the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act help consumers verify the
accuracy of their credit reports?
28. Summarize the major provisions of the Financial Services Modernization Act.
29. Give two examples of data-mining programs run by governments.
30. What are the problems with using the Social Security number as an identification num-
ber?
31. Give two arguments in favor of a national identification card for the United States. Give
two arguments against creating a national identification card.
32. What are the rights provided by the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act?
33. How does the Video Privacy Protection Act enhance privacy?
34. Describe the privacy protections resulting from the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act.
35. What is the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act?
36. Name two important exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act that allow the
government to withhold information.
37. Give an example of how information gathered by the E-ZPass system has been used for
a purpose other than collecting tolls.
38. How did the Federal Trade Commission reduce unwanted telemarketing?
39. What is the purpose of the CALM Act?
40. Why have federal and state governments passed laws limiting access to cold products
containing pseudoephedrine?
41. Why have privacy groups objected to the installation of advanced imaging technology
scanners at airport security checkpoints? How has the Transportation Security Admin-
istration responded to these objections?
 
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