HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)
Hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and other health care businesses are required to put in place administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of health information by April 2003.
Learn more: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
GRAM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT
This law was designed to compel financial institutions and insurance companies to respect customers and protect their security and confidentiality with their non-public personal information.
Learn More:http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/.