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Protecting Personal Data: A Survey of Consumer Protections Throughout North Carolina\u27s Identity Theft Protection Act
Get PDFData is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.
You trade it every day. In a technologically-evolved world, our personal data has become a form of currency in the digital marketplace. Who is responsible for protecting that data? What happens when it is compromised? This Comment conducts a descriptive assessment of North Carolina\u27s data breach notification law, exploring the legislative history of the Identity Theft Protection Act and comparing the consumer protections found therein to those offered in other states\u27 statutory schemes. Additionally, this Comment evaluates the extent to which a statutorily required reasonable security standard comports with consumer protections, and their competitive interplay with businesses\u27 economic interests
Military and Crimes Against Women
No full textRape has been a consequence of military missions from at least the time of recorded history. Even though rape laws have historically provided harsh punishment for rape – death – the act of wartime rape continued. Ad hoc international criminal trials were convened to dispose of offenders charged with violating the laws of war, which proscribed rape. The Articles of War were initially used domestically to regulate the United States military. Significant changes to US military laws prohibiting crimes against women resulted from several military sexual scandals. Numerous reports of sexual assault by active duty servicewomen serving in combat zones during the war in Iraq served as a catalyst to Congress\u27s emphasis on sexual assault
