Information Technology Acts Nancy Plaisir BIS/220 July 17‚ 2013 Alex Preuss Information Technology Acts Chances are you have probably come across HIPPA before while in a doctor’s office in the past. HIPPA is the acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This Act was passed by Congress in 1996. As far as one can remember‚ medical files containing all medical and personal information were kept in locked drawers or file cabinets which were for authorized personnel’s only
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THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ 1986 Though consumer is the purpose and most powerful motivating force of production‚ yet at the same time consumer is equally vulnerable segment of the whole marketing system. Attempts have been made to guard the interest of the consumer in a sporadic way till 1986‚ when Government of India enacted a comprehensive legislation-Consumer Protection Act‚ to safe guard the interest of the consumer than ever before. The Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986‚ applies to
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Data Protection Act- 8 principles Founded in 1998 Personal data must be: 1. Processed fairly and lawfully. 2. Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose. 3. Adequate‚ relevant and not excessive for those purposes. 4. Accurate and kept up to date - data subjects have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or destroyed if the personal information is inaccurate to any matter of fact. 5. Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes it is being processed.
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losses in his business. The mobile company and the dealer objected to his claim and contended that the he had used the mobile for his business and so‚ he does not fall under the category of customer and cannot be covered under the Consumer Protection Act. The forum‚ however‚ said that the respondents were "deficient in their services" and had supplied a "defective" mobile to the consumer and ordered them to pay Rs 8‚900 towards the cost of the mobile‚ with an interest of 12% from the date of
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2010-2012/FW/B5 SUBJECT: LEGAL SYSTEM TOPIC: RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT PROVIDES A TOOL TO IMPROVE TRANSPERANCY & VALUE-ADDED PRACTISES IN PUBLIC DOMAIN SUBMITTED ON: November 7‚ 2010 SUBMITTED TO: INDEX SR. NO. | TOPIC | PAGE NO. | 1 | INTRODUCTION | 3 | 2 | RTI & THE ELEMENTS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE | 5 | 3 | THE 3-STAGE REGIME FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION | 7 | 4 | HOW A CITIZEN SHOULD GO ABOUT EXERCISING HIS/HER RIGHT TO INFORMATION | 7 | 5 | A FEW USEFUL TIPS WHEN FRAMING QUESTIONS |
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the law on consent in sexual offenses cases. According to him‚ the Sexual Offenses Act 2003 ’gives a reasonable meaning of "consent" for the motivations behind the law of rape‚ and by characterizing it with reference to "capacity to make that choice"‚ adequately addresses the issue of consent with regards to deliberate utilization of liquor by the complainant’ . However‚ this is not a persuading conclusion: the Act does not give an unmistakable general meaning of consent‚ and it is not clear how the
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undermines the Act. This has been used only twice: the first time to stop publication of minutes of cabinet meetings relating to the invasion of Iraq[9] and the second to stop publication of cabinet meetings relating to discussions regarding devolution.[10] Other criticism: Companies owned by one public authority are generally subject to the Act but companies owned by two or more public authorities are not covered[11]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-11"[12] [edit] Facts revealed by the act Facts that have
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One of the driving forces behind the creation of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 was the low conviction rate on rapists. In 1999 9‚008 rape cases were reported and only 1 in 13 resulted in a conviction . Within this essay I will discuss whether or not the changes introduced by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 add greater clarity to the area of rape. In order to fully understand this question one must first define rape. The standard definition of rape is “unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman who at the
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Information Technology Acts Paper Kassie A. Walker BIS/220 November 8‚ 2011 Mr. Shane Milazzo Information Technology Acts Congress has implemented many laws to protect the integrity of the citizens of the United States within this age of technology. Many of these laws or acts are only less than a decade old. As our nation grows the laws of the United States grow right along with it. The Acts that are going to be discussed within this essay are: Do Not Call Act‚ 2003 and The Children’s
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Right to Information Act on October 12th‚ 2005. As per the Parliament of India‚ the purpose of the RTI Act is ‘to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens’[i]. The Act applies to all the states and union territories of India‚ except Jammu and Kashmir. The Act is applicable to all constitutional authorities – any institution or body constituted by an act of Parliament or state legislature – including the executive‚ judiciary and the legislature. This act empowered
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