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Policies & Laws Concerning Internet Use

The following Policies, and Acts are vital knowledge for internet users in our society. These links will take you to sites where you can learn more about how our government regulates our use of the internet.
   

Government Enacted Laws and Policy:

1. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (Calea) - "The objective of CALEA implementation is to preserve law enforcement's ability to conduct lawfully-authorized electronic surveillance while preserving public safety, the public's right to privacy, and the telecommunications industry's competitiveness." MORE

2. The Patriot Act - "An Act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the `Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001'." MORE

3. CanSPAM - "An act to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic-mail via the internet." MORE

4. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DCMA) - "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was signed into law by President Clinton on October 28, 1998. The legislation implements two 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties: the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. The DMCA also addresses a number of other significant copyright-related issues." MORE

5. Telecommunications Act of 1996 - "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has the potential to change the way we work, live and learn. It will affect telephone service -- local and long distance, cable programming and other video services, broadcast services and services provided to schools." MORE

6. Teach Act of 2002 - "The TEACH Act expands the scope of educators' rights to perform and display works and to make the copies integral to such performances and displays for digital distance education, making the rights closer to those we have in face-to-face teaching." MORE
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