Quiz 6
What was the original purpose of Operation Shamrock?
Intercept all international telegrams entering or leaving the United States
Which of the following laws does not provide some sort of authorization for governmental wiretapping?
Federal Communications Act
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
gives consumers the right to request a free copy of their credit report every year.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which U.S. governmental agency collected telephone call records of tens of millions of Americans without a court order?
National Security Agency
According to records leaked to the Guardian newspaper, which of the following kinds of information were not released by Verizon to the National Security Agency?
Recording of the conversation
Which of the following precepts is not part of the Code of Fair Information Practices?
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.
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
The Financial Services Modernization Act
allows banks to offer insurance and stock brokerage services. Requires banks to develop policies that will prevent unauthorized access of customers' confidential information. requires banks to disclose their privacy policies to consumers. requires banks to inform consumers how they can "opt out" of having their confidential information released to other companies.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
attempts to limit the exchange of information among health care providers to that information necessary to care for the patient.
The FBI's National Crime Information Center database
contains more than 39 million records.
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
gives students 18 years of age and older the right to request corrections to errors in their educational records. gives students 18 years of age and older the right to prevent educational records from being released without their permission, except under certain circumstances. gives students 18 years of age and older the right to review their educational records.
Which of the following is not one of the categories in Daniel Solove's taxonomy of privacy?
information filtering
The Fair Credit Reporting Act
is designed to promote the accuracy of credit reports.
According to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which organization(s) cannot administer lie detector tests to job applicants?
private employers
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
prohibits most employers from taking genetic information into account when making hiring, firing, promotion, or other employment-related decisions.
The Video Privacy Protection Act
prohibits video stores from disclosing rental records without the written consent of the customer.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
requires online services to obtain parental consent before collecting any information from children 12 years old and younger.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has to do with
search warrants.
After Congress ruled that wiretapping was illegal
the FBI continued wiretapping people secretly.
The OneDOJ database
will give state and local police officers access to information provided by five federal law enforcement agencies.