{"id":816,"date":"2010-03-18T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T19:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cosaint.net\/?p=816"},"modified":"2023-01-24T07:03:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:03:39","slug":"10-laws-to-mention-in-your-acceptable-use-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/10-laws-to-mention-in-your-acceptable-use-training\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Laws to Mention in Your Acceptable Use Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empowerbpo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/handcuffs.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-820\" title=\"handcuffs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.empowerbpo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/handcuffs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/handcuffs.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/handcuffs-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re developing an &#8220;Acceptable Use of IT Resources&#8221; training course (or even developing the policy itself), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/10-things\/10-ways-you-might-be-breaking-the-law-with-your-computer-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">this blog post<\/a> from TechRepublic is a very useful reference. It discusses 10 of the laws that apply to computer users (in the USA), and that might result in problems if your end-users are unaware of them.<\/p>\n<p>The laws\/regulations dicussed in the article include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Digital Millennium Copyright (DMCA) Act<\/li>\n<li>No Electronic Theft (NET) Act<\/li>\n<li>Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)<\/li>\n<li>Court rulings regarding border searches<\/li>\n<li>State and federal laws regarding access to networks<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tools of a crime&#8221; laws<\/li>\n<li>Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying laws<\/li>\n<li>Internet gambling laws<\/li>\n<li>Child pornography laws<\/li>\n<li>Pro IP Act<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fascinating reading, with a lot of gray areas in some cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re developing an &#8220;Acceptable Use of IT Resources&#8221; training course (or even developing the policy itself), this blog post from TechRepublic is a very useful reference. It discusses 10 of the laws that apply to computer users (in the USA), and that might result in problems if your end-users are unaware of them. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infosec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}