List of past and current Data Privacy Acts

Data Privacy Acts:
 * 1970 U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act
 * 1970 U.S. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act
 * 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
 * 1974 U.S. Privacy Act
 * 1980 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines
 * 1984 U.S. Medical Computer Crime Act
 * 1984 U.S. Federal Computer Crime Act (strengthened in 1986 and 1994)
 * 1986 U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (amended in 1986, 1994, 1996 and 2001)
 * 1986 U.S. Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
 * 1987 U.S. Computer Security Act (Repealed by the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002)
 * 1988 U.S. Video Privacy Protection Act
 * 1990 United Kingdom Computer Misuse Act
 * 1991 U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines
 * 1992 OECD Guidelines to Serve as a Total Security Framework
 * 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
 * 1995 Council Directive on Data Protection for the European Union (EU)
 * 1996 U.S. Economic and Protection of Proprietary Information Act
 * 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (requirement added in December 2000)
 * 1998 U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
 * 1999 U.S. Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA)
 * 2000 U.S. Congress Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act ("ESIGN")
 * 2001 U.S. Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act
 * 2002 Homeland Security Act (HSA)
 * 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002