Legal Regulation and Compliance PDF

Running head: ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET: LEGAL REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE
Assessment Worksheet: Legal Regulation and Compliance
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ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET: LEGAL REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE2
Answer no. 1
EFF has several mission statements among which the ones that are appropriate for the
given case would be its mission to guard personal data. Its purpose it to defend privacy, free
speech, consumer rights and innovation. It strives to support laws and litigations that protect the
First Amendment Rights of the citizens pertaining to computer technology and
telecommunication.
Answer no. 2
Yes, the U.S. government violated the constitutional rights of the U.S. citizens for it
ordered the NSA to review the confidential and private information of the consumers. It violates
the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights of the US citizens as it guarantees Right to
Privacy to the people and states that nobody has the right to infringe into another’s privacy.
Answer no. 3
The case of Hepting v. AT&T is significant to under that the federal government has the
authority to invoke state secrets privilege that enables a court to disclose certain sensitive and
secret information regarding the state or the citizens which might put the national security at risk.
Answer no. 4
No, if the federal government or any other telecommunication authority eavesdrop the
private and confidential conversation of the people, then the citizens would have no privacy
rights left, as it is a severe violation of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights of the
U.S. citizens.