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Provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974:
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The new law
imposed completely new requirements on the federal government's
handling of information concerning individuals. The provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974:
● Restricted the disclosure
of personally identifiable information
● Required fair information
practices in the maintenance of systems of records that
contained personal information
● Required individual notice
and consent before collection and disclosure of records
● Provided for access to an
individual’s personal data
● Restricted use of Social
Security Numbers as personal identifiers
● Restricted the use of
computer matching programs for any computerized comparison of
two or more automated record systems
● Required transparency via
Federal Register publication of Systems of Records retrievable
by personal identifiers, including biometrics
● Restricted records of
First Amendment activities and freedoms relating to of religion,
speech, press, assembly and petition
● The law provided Civil and
Criminal penalties for violations and private court actions by
individuals
Privacy Act of 1974
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Privacy Act of 1974
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Privacy Act of 1974
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In 1974 there was
no internet, no cell phones or smart phones but people
had begun to have concerns about the information held on
individual by government agencies.
Privacy Act of 1974
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2:
Federal agency data banks were
collecting personally identifiable information about
individuals.
Privacy Act of 1974
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Biometrics, the collection and
use of unique physiological characteristics to identify an
individual, such as finger prints, voice recognition and photographs
were also giving concern especially if they were used without an
individual's knowledge or consent.
Privacy Act of 1974
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The 1960's and 1970's also saw
the increased use of computers and advances in computer technology,
enabling the government to accumulate and store personal
information.
Privacy Act of 1974
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Data practices were largely
unregulated and their implications regarding privacy were causing
suspicion and concern amongst many Americans.
Privacy Act of 1974
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Between 1965 and
1974 various congressional committees issued reports on
how individual privacy rights were affected by the
growth of data banks and the emergence of electronic
data collection and storage. In 1974 over 850 federal
agency “data banks” had been established. Continued...
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Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 7: In 1972 the Code
of Fair Information Practices was developed by HEW, the
Health, Education, Welfare Advisory Committee on
Automated Data Systems.
Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 8: The proposals in the HEW report
related to the Automated Personal Data Systems, Records,
computers, and the Rights of Citizens and was an
important catalyst for the legislation known as the
Privacy Act of 1974.
Privacy Act of 1974
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9: The 1973 Code of Fair Information
Practices was based on five principles:
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There must be
no secret, personal data record-keeping systems
● There must be
a method to identify what information about an
individual was on record and how it is used
● There must be
a method to prevent information about an individual
obtained for one purpose from being used or made
available for other purposes, without the
individual's consent
● There must be
a way for an individual to correct or amend a record
of identifiable information
● Organizations
holding identifiable personal data must assure the
reliability of the data and take precautions to
prevent its misuse
Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 10: The Privacy Act of
1974 was one of many laws adopted in the wake of the
Watergate Scandal that
responded to public concerns about potential government
misuse of private information and to demands for
increased government accountability to the public.
Privacy Act of 1974
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11: Congress
incorporated the principles of the Code of Fair
Information Practices into the Privacy Act of 1974 and
responded to the public concerns following Watergate.
Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 12: The new law applied to Federal executive branch
agencies, including the Executive Office of the President
Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 13: Amendments to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) to clarify and protect the right of the
public to information and regulate government control of documents,
were enacted the same year as the Privacy Act of 1974.
Privacy Act of 1974
Facts - 14:
The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
amended the Privacy Act of 1974.
Privacy Act of 1974
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