Internet Privacy Acts and Laws

There are different types of laws and regulations which vary from a state to another. In this blog, I would like to mention the two act which I believe it is very important to have knowledge about which are The Children Online Privacy and The e-Reader Privacy. The children online privacy and it will be effective on January 1^st, 2015. “California's Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World Act, also called the "eraser" bill, will permit minors to remove, or to request and obtain removal of, content or information posted on an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application. It also prohibits an operator of a Web site or online service directed to minors from marketing or advertising to minors specified products or services that minors are legally prohibited from buying.”

    Also the e-Reader Privacy act is provided by two states which are Arizona and California. In the state of Arizona, Ariz. Rev. Stat. 41-151.22, the law is, “a library or library system supported by public monies shall not allow disclosure of any record or other information which, including e-books, that identifies a user of library services as requesting or obtaining specific materials or services or as otherwise using the library.”
Where the states of California law is, Cal. Govt. Code 6267, “Protects a library patron's use records, such as written records or electronic transaction that identifies a patron's borrowing information or use of library information resources, including, but not limited to, database search records, borrowing records, class records, and any other personally identifiable uses of library resources information requests, or inquiries.” 

Written By: Mohammed Bin Ahmed

Sourves:

 http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-laws-related-to-internet-privacy.aspx