Read a Regulation, Law, or Advisory

Legal regulations can have large impacts on how technology is implemented. Laws and regulations are a way that government tries to influence how technology is built and how it impacts people.

In this activity you will be picking a regulation/law (suggestions below) and reading part of it.

Laws and regulations

Select a law/regulation from the following list. Or use this list as inspiration and select your own regulation to read. I encourage exploring Canadian regulation, but you are welcome to select from regulations worldwide as long as they have a clear connection to privacy or security.

• California Assembly Bill 566 - proposed legislation around data collection by advertisers
• NIST SP 800-63-4
• Ontario Bill 194 - Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024
• Ontario Bill C27 and C26
• GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
• EU AI Act
• CAN SPAM Act (2003, USA) - Link is to an FTC guide on complying with the act
• CPRA: Californian Privacy Rights Act (2020) - Official Summary and full text

Reflection questions

• Did you feel that you were able to understand the part of the regulation you read?
• As an Engineer, do you feel like you could implement what you read?