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CA - Court of Appeal (court serving at a higher level of decision-making within the judicial system, hearing appeals of lower-level court decisions and rulings)
CALEA - Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (US federal law enacted in 1994 which requires telecommunications carriers to ensure that their equipment, facilities, and services enable law enforcement officials to conduct electronic surveillance pursuant to a court order or lawful authorization)
CalOPPA - California Online Privacy Protection Act (2004 California statute requiring operators of commercial web and online services that collect personally identifiable information to post a privacy notice and to comply with it)
CAN-SPAM Act - Controlling the Assault of Non-solicited Pornography and Marketing (2003 federal law governing the sending of commercial advertising e-mail)
CAP - Common Agricultural Policy (European Union's approach to agriculture which involved the twin goals of creating a single market for agricultural products while assuring European Economic Community (EEC) farmers guaranteed prices for their produce)
CAT - Competition Appeal Tribunal
CATS - Comité de l'article trente-six ()
CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity ()
CBO - Collateralized Bond Obligation (multiclass security backed by a pool of corporate bonds)
CCM - Classic Community Method ()
CCP - Common Commercial Policy (EU policy which designated a single representative, the EU commissioner for trade, acting on behalf of EU member states, to conduct international trade negotiations)
CCPA - California Consumer Privacy Act (California law passed in 2018, with an effective date of 2020, which grants California consumers a range of data privacy rights and control over their personal information from California companies or companies doing business in California)
CDE - Cahiers de droit européen ()
CEAS - Common European Asylum System (Policy goal, or attempts to develop, a common policy among member states involving the treatment of refugees from outside the EU seeking political asylum in the EU)
CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (EU institution created in 1975, located in Thessaloniki, Greece to develop vocational training programs)
CEE - Charges of Equivalent Effect ()
CEECs - Central and East European Countries (countries of the former Soviet bloc when used in the context of possible future membership in the EU)
CEN - European Committee for Standardization ()
CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization ()
CEO - Chief Executive Officer (officer of a firm principally responsible for the activities of a company)
CESR - Committee of European Securities Regulators (EU advisory body providing technical advice on markets and reform measures)
CF - Cohesion Fund (EU fund, set up in 1992, under the terms of the Maastricht treaty, to compensate poorer states for the costs of tightened environmental regulations and to provide assistance for transport projects)
CFC - controlled foreign corporation (business entity, such as a subsidiary corporation, which is wholly owned by a foreign company, or in which foreign investors hold a significant ownership interest)
CFI - Court of First Instance (court established in 1988, pursuant to the Single European Act (SEA), to serve as preliminary or lower review court for the Court of Justice - renamed the General Court (GC) by the Lisbon Treaty in 2007)
CFO - Chief Financial Officer (executive officer of a firm responsible for the overall financial activities of a company - handling funds, signing checks, keeping financial records, and involved in the financial planning for a corporation)
CFP - Common Fisheries Policy (EU policy whose goal has been to help support and keep viable the fishing industry in member states by preventing overfishing, fosterinng sustainable fishing practices, and ensuring a sufficient quality and quantity for European consumers)
CFPR - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (independent agency of the U.S. government established by the Dodd-Frank Act, responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector)
CFSP - Common Foreign and Security Policy (EU foreign policy goal of projecting a united front, or speaking with one voice on foreign policy and military matters)
CIA - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (agency charged with the collection of intelligence and analysis of information relating to foreign threats to the U.S.)
CIA Triad - confidentiality, integrity, and availability (three primary tenets, or principles, of an information security system)
CIO - Chief Information Officer (officer of a firm responsible for its computers and data processing)
CIPO - Chief Information Privacy Officer (individual within an organization with overall responsibility for compliance with privacy legal requirements - similar, or same as, a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) )
CIPP - Certified Information Privacy Professional (certification in knowledge of privacy laws and regulations and requirements related to personal information offered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals)
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States (organization formed following the break-up of the Soviet Union of countries which had been part of the Soviet Union)
CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor (certification offered by ISACA in the field of information systems auditing)
CISA - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (name given to the former National Protection and Programs Directorate when it was reconstituted under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018)
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer (indivdual/position with overall responsibility for coordinating and managing information systems security within an organization)
CJ - Court of Justice (supreme legal body of the European Union, made up of one judge from each member state (27 after Brexit) - part of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which includes the General Court (GC) - charged with ruling on the constitutionality of EU laws, interpreting EU treaties, and settling disputes between EU institutions and states)
CJEL - Columbia Journal of European Law
CJEU - Court of Justice of the European Union (European Court of Justice) (the judicial arm of the European Union, made up of two bodies: the Court of Justice and the General Court - determines the constitutionality of EU laws, interprets EU treaties, and settles disputes between EU institutions and states)
CLJ - Cambridge Law Journal
CLOUD Act- Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (2018 federal law (part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018) which authorizes U.S. law enforcement agencies to demand access to data stores outside the U.S. )
CLP - Current Legal Problems ()
CME - Co-ordinated Market Economy (economic model representing one approach to financing development of poorer states within the EU)
CMLR - Common Market Law Reports ()
CMLRev - Common Market Law Review ()
CNIL - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (French data protection authority - data privacy supervisory authority for France)
COO - Chief Operating Officer (officer of a firm, usually the president or an executive vice president, responsible for day-to-day management)
COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (U.S. federal law enacted in 1998, intended to limit the collection and use of personal information from children (under 13 years of age) and to allow parents access to, and control over, such information)
CoR - Committee of the Regions (European Union body composed of 350 members chosen by the member states, which meets in plenary session five times per year and serves in an advisory role on issues relating to disparities in wealth and income between different regions of Europe)
Coreper - Committee of the Permanent Representatives (of the member states) (European Union body made up of the permanent representatives of the member states assigned/stationed in Brussels, which carries out the day-to-day work of the Council of Ministers)
COSAC - Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the Europen Union (body representing EU committees, with the aim of coordinating activities and keeping members informed)
COSI - Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (EU body which facilitates, promotes, and strengthens coordination of operational actions between EU member states in the field of internal security)
CPO - Chief Privacy Officer (individual with overall responsibility for an enterprise privacy management program)
CPUC - California Public Utilities Commission (California agency charged with oversight and regulation of public utilities)
CRA - consumer reporting agency (organization which collects data on consumers and provides reports to banks and other lenders)
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations (UN) convention dealing with basis rights for disabled persons)
CSDP - Common Security and Defence Policy (arrangement under the 2009 Lisbon Treaty which allows individual member states of the EU to participate in peacekeeping, disarmament, and other military operations internationally)
CSIH - Court of Session Inner House ()
CSP - Cloud Service Provider (company/individual providing cloud services involving the creation and management of a pool of resources that can be accessed by users)
CST - Civil Service Tribunal (specialized court within the European Court of Justice, which deals with civil service matters)
CT - Constitutional Treaty (2003 proposal for a European agreement/treaty which would fail in 2005, due to lack of support by countries)
CTR - Currency Transaction Report (reporting requirement for financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970 for cash transactions of more than $10,000)
CUSIP - Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures
CYELS - Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies ()