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WGU D333 Ethics in Technology –
LAWS Exam 2025
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) -
Correct Answers ✔-An agreement of the World Trade Organization that requires
member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced
under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter
further violations.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -Correct Answers ✔-Included strong
privacy provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health information,
promoting the use of audit trails and encryption, and providing rights of access for
patients. It also mandated that each individual whose health information has been
exposed be notified within 60 days after the discovery of a data breach.
anti-SLAPP laws -Correct Answers ✔-Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs
(strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against citizens and community
groups who oppose them on matters of concern).
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) -Correct Answers ✔-An act signed into law in
1998 with the aim of prohibiting the making of harmful material available to
minors via the Internet; the law was ultimately ruled largely unconstitutional.
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -Correct Answers ✔-An act passed in
2000; it required federally financed schools and libraries to use some form of
technological protection (such as an Internet filter) to block computer access to
obscene material, pornography, and anything else considered harmful to minors.
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) -Correct Answers ✔-Requires
websites that cater to children to offer comprehensive privacy policies, notify
parents or guardians about their data collection practices, and receive parental
consent before collecting any personal information from children under the age of
13.
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) -Correct Answers
✔-An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, which required the telecommunications industry to
build tools into its products that federal investigators could use—after obtaining a
court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept electronic
communications.
Communications Decency Act (CDA) -Correct Answers ✔-Title V of the
Telecommunications Act, it aimed at protecting children from pornography,
including imposing $250,000 fines and prison terms of up to two years for the
transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-
SPAM) -Correct Answers ✔-A law that specifies that it is legal to spam, provided
the messages meet a few basic requirements—spammers cannot disguise their
identity by using a false return address, the email must include a label specifying
that it is an ad or a solicitation, and the email must include a way for recipients to
indicate that they do not want future mass mailings.
Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 -Correct Answers ✔-An act passed in 2016 that
amended the Economic Espionage Act to create a federal civil remedy for trade
secret misappropriation.
WGU D333
WGU D333 Ethics in Technology –
LAWS Exam 2025
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) -
Correct Answers ✔-An agreement of the World Trade Organization that requires
member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced
under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter
further violations.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -Correct Answers ✔-Included strong
privacy provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health information,
promoting the use of audit trails and encryption, and providing rights of access for
patients. It also mandated that each individual whose health information has been
exposed be notified within 60 days after the discovery of a data breach.
anti-SLAPP laws -Correct Answers ✔-Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs
(strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against citizens and community
groups who oppose them on matters of concern).
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) -Correct Answers ✔-An act signed into law in
1998 with the aim of prohibiting the making of harmful material available to
minors via the Internet; the law was ultimately ruled largely unconstitutional.
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -Correct Answers ✔-An act passed in
2000; it required federally financed schools and libraries to use some form of
technological protection (such as an Internet filter) to block computer access to
obscene material, pornography, and anything else considered harmful to minors.
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) -Correct Answers ✔-Requires
websites that cater to children to offer comprehensive privacy policies, notify
parents or guardians about their data collection practices, and receive parental
consent before collecting any personal information from children under the age of
13.
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) -Correct Answers
✔-An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, which required the telecommunications industry to
build tools into its products that federal investigators could use—after obtaining a
court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept electronic
communications.
Communications Decency Act (CDA) -Correct Answers ✔-Title V of the
Telecommunications Act, it aimed at protecting children from pornography,
including imposing $250,000 fines and prison terms of up to two years for the
transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-
SPAM) -Correct Answers ✔-A law that specifies that it is legal to spam, provided
the messages meet a few basic requirements—spammers cannot disguise their
identity by using a false return address, the email must include a label specifying
that it is an ad or a solicitation, and the email must include a way for recipients to
indicate that they do not want future mass mailings.
Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 -Correct Answers ✔-An act passed in 2016 that
amended the Economic Espionage Act to create a federal civil remedy for trade
secret misappropriation.
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