The following provides links to State and Federal websites which discuss Information Security, privacy, and copyright issues:
HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, also known as the Buckley Amendment.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - The Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the GLB Act, includes provisions to protect consumers’ personal financial information held by financial institutions.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 - Attempts to balance the interest of the Internet Service Providers and copyright owners when copyright infringement occurs in the digital environment
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property – Computer Crime information from the US Department of Justice
ESIGN – The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act facilitates the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.
Texas 78(R) SB 473- An Act relating to assisting consumers to prevent and detect identity theft; providing penalties. (Passed September 1, 2003-general, January 1, 2005-social security numbers)
Texas 79(R) SB 122- An Act relating to the prevention and punishment of identity theft and the rights of certain victims of identity theft; providing penalties. (Passed September 2005)
Texas Penal Code 7.33, Computer Crimes (Revised September 1, 1994)
Texas Penal Code 32.51, Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information (Passed September 2005)