A country that fails to legally protect personal data in order to attract companies engaged in
collection of such data is referred to as a
A.
data pirate
1994 US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
B.
data haven
Data Haven. Data Haven A place where data that cannot legally be kept can be stashed for later
use; an offshore web host. This is an interesting topic; companies often need information that they
are not legally allowed to know. For example, some hospitals are not allowed to mark patients as
HIV positive (because it stigmatizes patients); staff members create codes or other ways so they can
take the necessary steps to protect themselves.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=279 DATA HAVEN This phrase has been around
for at least 15 years, but only in a specialist way. One sense is that of a place of safety and security
for electronic information, for example where encrypted copies of crucial data can be stored as a
backup away from one’s place of business. But it can also mean a site in which data can be stored
outside the jurisdiction of regulatory authorities. This sense has come to wider public notice recently
as a result of Neal Stephenson’s book Cryptonomicon, in which the establishment of such a haven in
South East Asia is part of the plot. In a classic case of life imitating art, there is now a proposal to set
up a data haven on one of the old World War Two forts off the east coast of Britain, which declared
independence under the name of Sealand back in 1967 (it issues its own stamps and money, for
example). The idea is to get round a proposed British law-the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill
(RIP)-that would force firms to hand over decryption keys if a crime is suspected and make Internet
providers install equipment to allow interception of e-mails by the security services. The Privacy Act
doesn’t protect information from being transferred from New Zealand to data havens-countries that
don’t have adequate privacy protection. [Computerworld, May 1999] The government last night
poured cold water on a plan by a group of entrepreneurs to establish a “data haven” on a rusting
iron fortress in the North Sea in an attempt to circumvent new anticryptography laws. [Guardian,
June 2000] World Wide Words is copyright © Michael Quinion, 1996-2004. All rights reserved.
Contact the author for reproduction requests. Comments and feedback are always welcome. Page
created 17 June 2000; last updated 27 October 2002.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dat2.htm Not C: The majority google searches
for ‘Country of Convenience’ relate to those countries supporting terrorism. Not D: the meaning of
sanctioned is listed below. This would mean that countries that DON’T protect privacy are
APPROVED Main Entry: 2sanction Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sanc*tioned;
sanc*tion*ing Date: 1778 1 to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (as ratification) 2
to give effective or authoritative approval or consent
QUESTION 1085
Which of the following requires all communications carriers to make wiretaps possible?
1996 US Economic and Protection of Property Information Act
C.
country of convenience
1996 US National Information Infrastructure Protection Act
D.
sanctional nation
1986 US Computer Security Act
B.
data haven
Data Haven. Data Haven A place where data that cannot legally be kept can be stashed for later
use; an offshore web host. This is an interesting topic; companies often need information that they
are not legally allowed to know. For example, some hospitals are not allowed to mark patients as
HIV positive (because it stigmatizes patients); staff members create codes or other ways so they can
take the necessary steps to protect themselves.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=279 DATA HAVEN This phrase has been around
for at least 15 years, but only in a specialist way. One sense is that of a place of safety and security
for electronic information, for example where encrypted copies of crucial data can be stored as a
backup away from one’s place of business. But it can also mean a site in which data can be stored
outside the jurisdiction of regulatory authorities. This sense has come to wider public notice recently
as a result of Neal Stephenson’s book Cryptonomicon, in which the establishment of such a haven in
South East Asia is part of the plot. In a classic case of life imitating art, there is now a proposal to set
up a data haven on one of the old World War Two forts off the east coast of Britain, which declared
independence under the name of Sealand back in 1967 (it issues its own stamps and money, for
example). The idea is to get round a proposed British law-the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill
(RIP)-that would force firms to hand over decryption keys if a crime is suspected and make Internet
providers install equipment to allow interception of e-mails by the security services. The Privacy Act
doesn’t protect information from being transferred from New Zealand to data havens-countries that
don’t have adequate privacy protection. [Computerworld, May 1999] The government last night
poured cold water on a plan by a group of entrepreneurs to establish a “data haven” on a rusting
iron fortress in the North Sea in an attempt to circumvent new anticryptography laws. [Guardian,
June 2000] World Wide Words is copyright © Michael Quinion, 1996-2004. All rights reserved.
Contact the author for reproduction requests. Comments and feedback are always welcome. Page
created 17 June 2000; last updated 27 October 2002.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dat2.htm Not C: The majority google searches
for ‘Country of Convenience’ relate to those countries supporting terrorism. Not D: the meaning of
sanctioned is listed below. This would mean that countries that DON’T protect privacy are
APPROVED Main Entry: 2sanction Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sanc*tioned;
sanc*tion*ing Date: 1778 1 to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (as ratification) 2
to give effective or authoritative approval or consent
QUESTION 1085
Which of the following requires all communications carriers to make wiretaps possible?
1996 US Economic and Protection of Property Information Act
A.
data pirate
1994 US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
B.
data haven
Data Haven. Data Haven A place where data that cannot legally be kept can be stashed for later
use; an offshore web host. This is an interesting topic; companies often need information that they
are not legally allowed to know. For example, some hospitals are not allowed to mark patients as
HIV positive (because it stigmatizes patients); staff members create codes or other ways so they can
take the necessary steps to protect themselves.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=279 DATA HAVEN This phrase has been around
for at least 15 years, but only in a specialist way. One sense is that of a place of safety and security
for electronic information, for example where encrypted copies of crucial data can be stored as a
backup away from one’s place of business. But it can also mean a site in which data can be stored
outside the jurisdiction of regulatory authorities. This sense has come to wider public notice recently
as a result of Neal Stephenson’s book Cryptonomicon, in which the establishment of such a haven in
South East Asia is part of the plot. In a classic case of life imitating art, there is now a proposal to set
up a data haven on one of the old World War Two forts off the east coast of Britain, which declared
independence under the name of Sealand back in 1967 (it issues its own stamps and money, for
example). The idea is to get round a proposed British law-the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill
(RIP)-that would force firms to hand over decryption keys if a crime is suspected and make Internet
providers install equipment to allow interception of e-mails by the security services. The Privacy Act
doesn’t protect information from being transferred from New Zealand to data havens-countries that
don’t have adequate privacy protection. [Computerworld, May 1999] The government last night
poured cold water on a plan by a group of entrepreneurs to establish a “data haven” on a rusting
iron fortress in the North Sea in an attempt to circumvent new anticryptography laws. [Guardian,
June 2000] World Wide Words is copyright © Michael Quinion, 1996-2004. All rights reserved.
Contact the author for reproduction requests. Comments and feedback are always welcome. Page
created 17 June 2000; last updated 27 October 2002.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dat2.htm Not C: The majority google searches
for ‘Country of Convenience’ relate to those countries supporting terrorism. Not D: the meaning of
sanctioned is listed below. This would mean that countries that DON’T protect privacy are
APPROVED Main Entry: 2sanction Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sanc*tioned;
sanc*tion*ing Date: 1778 1 to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (as ratification) 2
to give effective or authoritative approval or consent
QUESTION 1085
Which of the following requires all communications carriers to make wiretaps possible?
1996 US Economic and Protection of Property Information Act
C.
country of convenience
1996 US National Information Infrastructure Protection Act
D.
sanctional nation
1986 US Computer Security Act
Explanation:
Correct answer is