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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. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  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. Optional Practical Training - Wikipedia

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    Optional Practical Training. In the United States, Optional Practical Training ( OPT) is a period during which undergraduate and graduate students with F-1 status who have completed or have been pursuing their degrees for one academic year are permitted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to work for one year on a ...

  8. California Shine the Light law - Wikipedia

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    California 's "Shine the Light" law (CA Civil Code ยง 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 ...

  9. Rome I Regulation - Wikipedia

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    The regulation applies to all EU member states except Denmark, which has an opt-out from implementing regulations under the area of freedom, security and justice. The Danish government planned to join the regulation if a referendum on 3 December 2015 approved converting its opt-out into an opt-in, but the proposal was rejected.