Information Technology Acts Paper

Esmeralda Rivera

BIS/220

July 21, 2014

Samuel Fowler

Information Technology Acts Paper

This day in age were surrounded by technology, everyone has a computer, laptop, smart phones, tablets or some kind of fancy electronic device. Through the years technology and the Internet have definitely grown but so has our exposure to predators and inappropriate content. In schools and at home our children and teens are using computers and the Internet almost daily and most of us also use the Internet at home or work exposing all of us to pornographic content, identity theft, as well as to predators who are out there looking for vulnerable children, teens, women and men, basically any one they can prey on.

Government Takes Action

With the growth of the Internet the government has implemented acts to protect our rights and our children.

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Two of the acts I will be discussing are the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 1974; this Act was also referred to as the Buckley Amendment because of one of its proponents, New York Senator James L. Buckley. It was enacted to protect students' rights and signed into law by President Gerald Ford on February 21, 1974. The Children Information Act, 2000 also known as CIPA was signed and put into law in December 2000 by President Bill Clinton. Its purpose is to protect students K-12 in school and public libraries when using the Internet.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974 (FERPA)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974 (FERPA) is a 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...