Cisco Cyber Security Practice Exam

What law protects the privacy of an employee's personal information from being shared with third parties?

1. HIPAA

2. FERPA

3. GLBA

4. SOX

The correct answer is: GLBA

The law that protects the privacy of an employee's personal information from being shared with third parties is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). This law primarily deals with the protection of nonpublic personal information held by financial institutions, requiring these institutions to explain their information-sharing practices to their customers and to safeguard sensitive data. It mandates that financial institutions must provide privacy notices to their customers and prohibits them from disclosing nonpublic personal information to third parties without consent. The other laws listed, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), and SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), focus on different facets of privacy and data protection. HIPAA protects the medical records and health information of individuals, FERPA protects the privacy of student education records, and SOX is primarily concerned with corporate financial practices and disclosures. Therefore, while they do have implications for privacy, they do not specifically focus on employee personal information in the same way that the GLBA does.