Currently, six states have comprehensive data protection laws on the books, with more secular laws being even more pervasive at the state level. It’s also anticipated that at least 15 states will introduce new data protection legislation in the near future. The resulting patchworks ...
Rather than simply seeking courts to resolve private disputes (the conflict resolution model), Americans have relied on relatively open access to court and private civil litigation to be at the heart of a great deal of the enforcement of our public laws (the behavior modification or social ...
Data Protection Laws and Regulations means all laws and regulations, including laws and regulations of the European Union, the European Economic Area and their member states, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, applicable to the Processing of Personal Data under the Agreement. Bye-laws means the by...
Racketeering can take many forms including: Cyber extortion:This occurs when a hacker pushesmalwareonto someone's computer, blocking all computer and data access. The hacker then demands money to restore access to the user. Protection rackets:A criminal entity threatens to cause harm to a business...
Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act created the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is an agency under the direction of the president with rule-making and enforcement powers over federal financial laws to protect consumers. A yield spread premium is disclosed on ...
It covers approximately 2,710,659 acres of public land, making it the sixth largest National Forest in the continental United States. The Forest also manages that part of the Apache National Forest that is in New Mexico which totals an additional 614,202 acres for a total of 3.3 million ...
Enactment of the Clean Air Act (CAA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), three of the primary federal environmental laws, all coincided with the height of fire suppression and exclusion in the United States. These laws fail to acknowledge or account for...
The report prioritizes the modernization of “High Risk, High Value Assets”, which it refers to as HVAs. These HVAs are specifically called out because of the risk their lack of modernization presents to the security of the United States. ...
Department of Justice,DoJ,Justice Department,Justice- the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 IC,Intelligence Community,National Intelligence Community,United States Intelligence Community- a group...
The body of law based on general custom in England and used to a certain extent in the United States. Common law sometimes prevails unless superseded by other law. Community Home Buyer’s Program An income-based community lending model, under which mortgage insurers and Fannie Mae offer flexible...