There are three types of law. Criminal, civil, and administrative.

Type of Law	Examples	Standard of Proof	Burden of Proof	Penalty
Criminal Law	Murder, assault, robbery, arson	Beyond a reasonable doubt	Innocent until proven guilty	Fines, Jail, Prison, Death penalty
Civil Law	Property Disputes, Personal injury	Preponderance of evidence	Claimant must give proof (most cases)	Compensation for injuries/damage
Administrative Law	Define standards of performance and conduct for major industries, organizations and government agencies

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Civil_Law_vs_Criminal_Law

List of Laws and Acts

The following is a list of “good to know” legislative acts.

Acronym	Name	Notes
CFAA	Computer Fraud and Abuse Act	First major cyber crime legislation
	Federal Sentencing Guidelines (1991)	Responsibility on senior management
ECPA	Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986	Made it a crime to invade the electronic privacy of an individual
CALEA	Comm Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994	Amended ECPA. Made wiretaps possible for law enforcement with a court order.
	Economic Espionage Act of 1996	Made theft no longer tied to something physical
FISMA	Federal Information Security Management Act	Cyber security requirements for government agencies
DMCA	Digital Millennium Copyright Act	Copyright protection is 70 years + 1st major revision added CD/DVD protections
USA PATRIOT	USA PATRIOT Act of 2001	Gave law enforcement and intelligence agencies broader wiretapping authorizations
	Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act (1998)	Made identity theft a crime. Up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
HIPPA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)	Regulations for security measures for hospitals, physicians, and insurance companies
HITEC	Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009	Amended HIPPA. Updated privacy/security requirements for Business Associates (BAs), requires a written contract known as a business associate agreement (BAA). BAs are directly subject to HIPPA and enforcement actions like a covered entity. HITECH also introduced new data breach notifications.
GLBA	Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act	Limits services that banks, lenders, and insurance agencies can provide and information they can share with each other
COPPA	Child Online Privacy Protection Act	Seeks to protects children (<13 years old) online
FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act	Gives students certain privacy rights. Deals with adults >18, and Children in school <18
ITAR	International Traffic in Arms Regulation	Regulates the export of military and defense related technologies
EAR	Export Administration Regulations	For commercial use, but may have military applications.

Trademark, Patents, Copyright etc.

Name		Protection Length
Trademarks		10 Years
Patents		20 Years
Copyright		70 Years after the death of the author
Trade Secrets		Until they are leaked.