Legal Regulation and Compliance Assessment Worksheet - Law Course

This assignment explores the intricacies of legal regulation and compliance, focusing on issues such as privacy rights, constitutional challenges, and the impact of legal frameworks like the FISA Amendments Act. The assignment addresses questions related to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the U.S. government's surveillance practices, and the implications of sharing private information. It examines the legal implications of unauthorized information sharing, the importance of information security, and the effects of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The assignment emphasizes the importance of protecting individual privacy and the potential consequences of violating these rights within the context of telecommunications and data security.

Running head: ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET: LEGAL REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE
Assessment Worksheet: Legal Regulation and Compliance
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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.

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Answer no. 5
The legal implication of unauthorized information sharing invokes the legal provision of
anti-trust conspiracy and unfair competition issue even if such information was shared for a
legitimate cause, but without authority as it may facilitate collusion.
Answer no. 6
It is important to determine the way an information was acquired to understand the
ethical implications of the sharing private information of the consumer. It needs to be determined
whether the information was obtained from a competition under a lawful agreement or it was
acquired from a third party. However, in any way, it is violating the right to privacy and
confidentiality of the consumers. It is inconsistent with the common law, state and federal law as
well.
Answer no. 7
There is a severe breach of information system security when private and confidential
information are being shared without authorization. The identity and personal information of
individuals are jeopardized by such an act. This would put individuals and their private
information into danger as anyone would be able to tamper with such information.
Answer no. 8
The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 also called the FAA and Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 allowed the Supreme Court of the United
States to dismiss the Hepting case and other similar lawsuits against the telecommunication

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service providers pertaining to the warrantless surveillance program authorized by the President.
It was presented by the court that the Act protects national security that might be harmed due to
disclosure of certain information to the citizen in general.
Answer no. 9
True, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) claimed that the provisions of FISAAA is
unconstitutional as it enables ‘state secrecy privilege’ to hamper the protection of privacy rights
of the citizens.

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