Simply False
"Menn, meanwhile, said that no new privacy regulations had been applied in the States since the 1970s."
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Federal Trade Commission's Final COPPA Rule (PDF)
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)
Depart of Defense Directive 5400.11.R - Privacy Program (May 14, 2007 edition) (PDF)
Defense Privacy Office
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, PDF)
As Amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT)
Federal Trade Commission's Red Flag Rule (PDF) (DELAYED UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st 2009)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, The Buckley Amendment)
US Department of Education Final Rule (PDF)
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
No Child Left Behind Act (PDF)
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2008 (GINA, PDF)
Proposed rule making genetic information covered under PII, HIPAA, and HITECH (PDF)
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
Federal Trade Commission's Final Financial Privacy Rule (PDF)
Federal Trade Commission's Final Safeguards Rule (PDF)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, PDF)
HITECH Act (Notice: I could not find it consolidated and called out anywhere, so had to create it myself, PDF)
HITECH Breach Notification Guidance and Request for Public Comment (From the US Department of Health and Human Services, PDF)
Federal Trade Commission's Health Breach Notification FINAL Rule (PDF)
Safe Harbor Guidelines from the US Department of Commerce
(excerpted from http://arielsilverstone.com/resources/us-privacy/)