18 Facts About Privacy law

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Privacy law is the body of law that deals with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information, personal healthcare information, and financial information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private organisations, or other individuals.

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The Privacy law Act 1988 aims to protect and regulate an individual's private information.

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Bahamas has an official data protection Privacy law that protects the personal information of its citizens in both the private and public sector: Data Protection Act 2003.

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Many provinces have enacted similar provincial legislation such as the Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy law Act which applies to public bodies in that province.

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The general provision specified the purpose of the Privacy law, defined crucial terms, prohibited individuals from waiving certain rights.

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The Privacy law is administered by the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes, a dedicated national administration.

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The Privacy law gives photographers the right to commercially use photos of people who have not consented to the use of the images in which they appear if the depicted people have either been paid for the photo session as models or they have paid the photographer for obtaining the photo.

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Right to Privacy law is a fundamental right and an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty of the citizens and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.

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One of the reasons as to why this law was passed is that as trained workers, the guards could ensure maximum Customer service and with the education they received they would be equipped how best to deal with certain situations as well as avoid actions can that could be considered violations, such as invasion of privacy.

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The Privacy law pertaining to this is called the Kenya Information and Communication Act.

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The following common law torts are related to personal information privacy and continue to play a role in Malaysia's legal system: breach of confidence, defamation, malicious falsehood, and negligence.

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Notable contribution to general privacy law is the Act's distinction between personal data and sensitive personal data, which entails different protections.

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In New Zealand, the Privacy law Act 1993 sets out principles in relation to the collection, use, disclosure, security and access to personal information.

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In February 2002 the Singaporean government decided that the common Privacy law approach was inadequate for their emerging globalized technological economy.

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The draft Privacy law is still under evaluation and its enactment date is not yet finalized.

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Louis Brandeis and another young lawyer, Samuel D Warren II, published an article called "The Right to Privacy" in the Harvard Law Review in 1890 arguing that the United States Constitution and common law allowed for the deduction of a general "right to privacy".

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One of the central privacy policies concerning minors is the Children's Online Privacy law Protection Act, which requires children under the age of thirteen to gain parental consent before putting any personal information online.

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Vietnam, lacking a general data protection Privacy law, relies on Civil Code regulations relating to personal data protection.

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