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1. What is privacy?
2. What is the history of privacy laws in the US?
3. How have recent advances in technology changed the face of privacy and data protection?
4. What role has the Internet played in these developments?
5. What government body regulates privacy issues in the US?
6. What laws have been passed?
7. How does the global aspect of the Internet affect the regulation of it?
8. How is the US impacted by the European Community’s Directive 95/46/EC12 (the “Data Protection Directive”) and Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (the “PIPEDA”)?
9. How does the US approach differ, if at all, with the European approach to privacy?
10. What is the “Safe Harbors program” and why was it developed? What are its possible shortcomings?
11. What are state privacy protection laws? And which states currently enforce them?
12. What types of companies are most affected by privacy laws?
13. What kind of privacy policies should companies put in place? And what are the pitfalls to look for when creating them?
14. What role does security play in creating an effective policy?
15. What penalties might a company incur for violating the privacy laws?
16. What is an internal privacy audit and what are the possible benefits?
17. What is best practice when conducting an audit?
18. What can companies learn from recent privacy scandals including DoubleClick?
19. How will privacy laws develop and change over the coming years?
20. What are the biggest challenges facing companies over the coming years in complying with Privacy Laws?
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