# SD212 HW 31

## [name] Type your name on the next line


## [Q1]

> Did you read the entire post?
>
> (Answer yes or no)


## [Q2]

> Why do you think we asked you to read about
>
> the Washington Privacy Act?
>
> a)  Through a quirk of regulatory rules, this state law actually
>     applies to every company in the U.S. that uses Windows computers,
>     because Microsoft is based in Washington.
>
> b)  It passed quickly and overwhelmingly through the state legislature there,
>     so it seems like a popular approach to privacy legislation that
>     will probably be adopted in other states soon.
>
> c)  Privacy regulation in the U.S. is mostly done at the state
>     level, not at the federal government level.
>
> d)  The proponents of this state law are proposing something similar
>     at the federal level in Congress.


## [Q3]

> Which of the following **hypothetical** organizations would be covered under this
>
> legislation?
>
> (Write the letters of ALL correct answers.)
>
> a)  A small company with just 10 employees that created a popular
>     shopping app that millions of users have installed on their phones,
>     including many in the Seattle area
>
> b)  A big tech company headquartered in California that collects information on all
>     U.S. college graduates, and sells a "JobScore (TM)" tool that tells
>     hiring managers (including some at Microsoft) how good they
>     predict that person will be at that job
>
> c)  The Washington State Department of Corrections, which maintains
>     information on everyone in state prison now or in the past, and
>     has an agreement where they share some of that data with a
>     company that manages their phone systems
>
> d)  Seattle Grace Hospital, which collects and stores detailed
>     health information on hundreds of thousands of local residents


## [Q4]

> Under this legislation, what would happen to a company who violates
>
> it?
>
> a)  Their Chief Information Officer (CIO) could be charged with a
>     crime by the Attorney General
>
> b)  The company could be fined by the state Attorney General,
>     regardless of any efforts the company made to fix their mistake
>
> c)  Individuals would be able to sue the company, potentially
>     recouping millions in monetary damages
>
> d)  Individuals who demonstrate a company used data to discriminate
>     against a protected group could use the court system to force
>     that company to change their behavior


## [Q5]

> What is GLBA?
>
> a)  An acronym for protected sexual identities specifically covered
>     by this legislation
>
> b)  A banking law that specifies some limitations on data
>     collection by financial institutions
>
> c)  A health agency created under the Clinton administration that
>     monitors personal data collected by medical providers
>
> d)  An acronym to help remember the types of data abuses that this
>     legislation would protect consumers from