From the course: CIPP/US Cert Prep: 1 U.S. Privacy Environment

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Legal definitions

Legal definitions

From the course: CIPP/US Cert Prep: 1 U.S. Privacy Environment

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Legal definitions

- [Instructor] Privacy professionals don't necessarily need to be attorneys, but every privacy professional must be comfortable with legal jargon, because it is found throughout our work. Let's take a look at a few important legal definitions that you'll need to know when you sit for the CIPP exam. Jurisdiction is the power that a court has to render legal judgments in both their subject matter and their geographic applicability. For example, federal courts only have jurisdiction over federal law, while state courts have jurisdiction over state law. Federal circuit courts only have geographic authority over specific states. For example, the seventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has authority over Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Decisions made by that court apply only within that circuit. The Supreme Court, on the other hand, has nationwide jurisdiction. Preemption means that a law that stems from a higher authority…

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