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Section 101; Amends the federal criminal code to add intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to the definition of racketeering activity.. Section 102; Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for intentionally and willfully concealing a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information that causes economic damage to one or more persons.
The gathering of personally identifiable information (PII) refers to the collection of public and private personal data that can be used to identify individuals for various purposes, both legal and illegal. PII gathering is often seen as a privacy threat by data owners, while entities such as technology companies, governments, and organizations ...
To protect the privacy and liberty rights of individuals, federal agencies must state "the authority (whether granted by statute, or by Executive order of the President) which authorizes the solicitation of the information and whether disclosure of such information is mandatory or voluntary" when requesting information.
California's "Shine the Light" law (SB 27, CA Civil Code § 1798.83), operative on January 1, 2005, outlines specific rules regarding how and when a business must disclose use of a customer's personal information and imposes civil damages for violation of the law.
"Background checks could be useful in cases of criminal identity theft where someone gives another individual's personal identifying information at the time that they're arrested, and then the ...
The law requires government and private organizations composed of at least 250 employees or those which have access to the personal and identifiable information of at least 1000 people to appoint a Data Protection Officer that would assist in regulating the management of personal information in such entities.
(2) A description of the sensitive personally identifying information that was acquired by an unauthorized person as part of the breach. (3) A general description of the actions taken by a covered entity to restore the security and confidentiality of the personal information involved in the breach.
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