CGL Regulatory Compliance 3

Question 1

Which U.S. law restricts access to adoption records and affects genealogical research by limiting birth parent identification?

Accepted Answer

Uniform Adoption Act provisions in many states

Answer

National Adoption Disclosure Act

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Federal Adoption Privacy Law

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Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Question 2

A genealogy lecturer posts a digitized 1910 family photograph found in a public archive to their course website. The main legal concern is:

Accepted Answer

Potential copyright held by the photographer or their estate

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Defamation of the people depicted

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Violation of HIPAA for medical information visible in the photo

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FERPA restrictions on educational materials

Question 3

When a CGL lecturer is hired as an independent contractor by a genealogical society, which tax-related obligation does the lecturer bear that an employee would not?

Accepted Answer

Paying self-employment tax covering both employer and employee Social Security portions

Answer

Filing an annual tax return

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Withholding state income tax

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Reporting income over $600 to the IRS

Question 4

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects a U.S.-based CGL lecturer primarily when they:

Accepted Answer

Collect personal data from European Union residents attending an online webinar

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Publish research findings in an American genealogy journal

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Access European records through U.S.-based databases

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Cite European archival sources in a handout

Question 5

Which IRS form must a genealogical society issue to a CGL lecturer who earned more than $600 for speaking engagements in a calendar year?

Accepted Answer

1099-NEC

Answer

W-2

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1099-MISC (Box 7)

Answer

W-9

Question 6

A CGL lecturer uses a genealogy database that requires users to agree to a Terms of Service (ToS). Violating ToS by scraping data for lecture handouts could expose the lecturer to liability under:

Accepted Answer

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

Answer

HIPAA

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act only

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No law, since ToS violations are purely civil contract matters

Question 7

When a genealogy lecturer reproduces a U.S. government-produced document (e.g., a NARA finding aid) in their educational handout, copyright law generally:

Accepted Answer

Does not apply because U.S. federal government works are in the public domain

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Requires permission from the National Archives

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Requires a Creative Commons license attribution

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Restricts reproduction to non-commercial use only