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  2. United Kingdom opt-outs from EU legislation - Wikipedia

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    The opt-out from the JHA policy area was originally obtained by both states in a protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997, and was retained with the Treaty of Lisbon. [16] Under Protocol 36 of the Lisbon Treaty , the UK had the option to opt out of all the police and criminal justice legislation adopted prior to the treaty's entry into force ...

  3. Financial privacy laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Criticism has also been targeted at the opt-out rule in the act. Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Jeffrey M. Lacker argues that the opt-out option, provided by banks in their policies to customers, is ineffective due to a weak marketplace for financial information. Sharing financial information is not profitable enough ...

  4. General Data Protection Regulation - Wikipedia

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    The General Data Protection Regulation ( Regulation (EU) 2016/679, abbreviated GDPR) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human rights law, in particular Article 8 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of ...

  5. Opt-outs in the European Union - Wikipedia

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    In general, the law of the European Union is valid in all of the twenty-seven European Union member states. However, occasionally member states negotiate certain opt-outs from legislation or treaties of the European Union, meaning they do not have to participate in certain policy areas. Currently, three states have such opt-outs: Denmark ( two ...

  6. FTC fair information practice - Wikipedia

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    The 'opt-in' method requires that consumers affirmatively give permission for their information to be used for other purposes. Without the consumer taking these affirmative steps in an 'opt-in' system, the information gatherer assumes that it cannot use the information for any other purpose. The 'opt-out' method requires consumers to ...

  7. California Shine the Light law - Wikipedia

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    California 's "Shine the Light" law (CA Civil Code § 1798.83 [1] [2]) is a privacy law passed by the California State Legislature in 2003. It became an active part of the California Civil Code on January 1, 2005. It is considered one of the first attempts by a state legislature in the United States to address the practice of sharing customers ...

  8. Opt-in email - Wikipedia

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    Opt-in email [1] is a term used when someone is not initially added to an emailing list and is instead given the option to join the emailing list. [2] Typically, this is some sort of mailing list, newsletter, or advertising. Opt-out emails do not ask for permission to send emails, these emails are typically criticized as unsolicited bulk emails ...

  9. Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ( TCPA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1991 and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush as Public Law 102-243. It amended the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA is codified as 47 U.S.C. § 227.