CCSP · Question #413
Which jurisdiction lacks specific and comprehensive privacy laws at a national or top level of legal authority?
The correct answer is D. United States. The United States does not have a single, comprehensive federal privacy law. Instead, US privacy protection is fragmented across sector-specific statutes (e.g., HIPAA for healthcare, COPPA for children, GLBA for financial data) and a patchwork of state laws (e.g., California's…
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Which jurisdiction lacks specific and comprehensive privacy laws at a national or top level of legal authority?
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- AEuropean Union
- BGermany
- CRussia
- DUnited States
How the community answered
(48 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
- D92% (44)
Explanation
The United States does not have a single, comprehensive federal privacy law. Instead, US privacy protection is fragmented across sector-specific statutes (e.g., HIPAA for healthcare, COPPA for children, GLBA for financial data) and a patchwork of state laws (e.g., California's CCPA/CPRA). The European Union has the GDPR - one of the world's most comprehensive privacy frameworks. Germany, as an EU member state, is bound by GDPR and also has robust national privacy laws with a long history predating GDPR. Russia enacted Federal Law No. 152-FZ on Personal Data, a national-level comprehensive privacy law. The lack of a US federal omnibus privacy law is a well-known gap in the global privacy landscape.
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