Laws, Standards, and Regulations Affecting Cybercrime
Alex Alexandrou · 2021
This chapter aims to outline all federal, state, and local laws related to cyberspace. It discusses the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework and explores public and private sector partnerships laws and surveillance laws and privacy law. Cyber law, also called information technology law, or Internet law, pertains to laws involving technology related to the Internet and includes computers and networks. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act emphasizes anti-circumvention laws and aims to prevent copyright infringement by punishing unauthorized users who evade or hack into copyrighted technology or software. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal law that requires the formation of national standards to protect patients&s; privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information. The Federal Trade Commission has extensive authority to enforce a variety of laws covering privacy and data security. The law prohibits false or misleading header information and misleading subject lines and declares that commercial email be identified as and advertisement.