IAPP CIPP/US Practice Exam

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Under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, the USA Freedom Act of 2015 bans what?
  1. Bulk collection of non-Americas’ private records.
  2. Any collection of Americans’ records.
  3. Bulk collection of Americans’ private records.
  4. The unlawful disclosure of private records.
Explanation
Answer: C - The USA Freedom Act of 2015 bans the bulk collection of Americans’ private records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The U.S. government is required to limit the scope of private data collection under this section. The government must restrict the collection of Americans’ private information to the greatest extent reasonably practicable. This act also prohibits the U.S. government’s collection of all information relating to a specific service provider, such as telecom, or broad regions, such as entire area codes.

 The unlawful disclosure of private records, including private communications, is covered under the Stored Communications Act.
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