Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998
A U.S. Federal law that applies to the
operators of commercial websites and online services that are directed to
children under the age of 13. It also
applies to general audience websites and online services that have actual
knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children under the
age of 13.
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)
It is a U.S. Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Privacy (Data Protection) Officer
An official responsible for the coordination and implementation of all privacy, data protection and confidentiality efforts within an organisation. They are generally responsible to Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) or senior management for ensuring ...
Data Protection Officer (DPO)
An individual with professional qualities and expert knowledge of data protection law and practices. The DPO will provide expert knowledge, guidance, and implementation of appropriate compliance measures to a controller or processor of personal data.
Privacy Assessment
An assessment of an organization’s compliance with its privacy policies and procedures, applicable laws, regulations, service-level agreements, standards adopted by the entity and other contracts. The assessment or audit measures how closely the ...
Privacy Notice
A statement made to a data subject that describes how the organization collects, uses, retains and discloses personal information. A privacy notice is sometimes referred to as a privacy statement, a fair processing statement or sometimes a privacy ...