Activities / Who the operator is
Is a listed company
is_listed_company
The company behind your app has shares traded on a public stock exchange.
- scope role
- in the registry since 1.0
- 68 laws in 52 jurisdictions name it
What triggers it
The lint's definition. It is a public company, or files periodic reports with a securities regulator such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), whatever the software does.
This is a status of the company that makes the app, not a feature of the app.
Some cybersecurity rules bind listed companies directly, such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission's rule that a listed company disclose a material cybersecurity incident.
What does not
A privately held company, including one planning to go public, does not count.
The law it brings into scope
The kinds of law that name this activity in the LexLint law library, with the number of laws and jurisdictions in each, as of . The examples are chosen by rule, laws in force first and the widest jurisdiction first; each section's page lists every law.
| Area of law | Laws | Jurisdictions |
|---|---|---|
|
Cybersecurity law
Build software securely, handle reported flaws, and report incidents on a deadline. |
34 | 25 |
|
Privacy law
Have a legal basis for personal data, honor people's rights over it, and report a breach. |
34 | 32 |
In a declaration
A role says who operates a product, so it is declared in the product's
own lexlint.yml and never in a component's
ACTIVITIES.md: a library cannot make the product that uses
it a regulated party.
In lexlint.yml
History
In the registry since version 1.0, .
In the glossary: Is a listed company.
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