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This 3-page paper provides a basic overview of the Privacy Act of 1974 in the form of a "case study" regarding a student who inadvertently sent information to a civilian he shouldn't have. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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document to a civilian, which contained names, social security numbers, addresses and phone numbers. The student is in the U.S. Navy, and although his act wasnt one of malice (his
reason for sending the document, the Recall Bill), was so this civilian could better organize information in the document. The names were not going to be used for sale or
any other purpose, than sheer organization. Still, the student was in violation of the privacy act in a few ways. Although the
Privacy Act itself is useful for this purpose, perhaps even more useful (because it gets to the point a lot more quickly) is a document called the "History of the
Privacy Act of 1974," which was published in The Privacy Act of 1974: A Reference Manual for Compliance by Arthur A. Bushkin and Samuel I. Schaen. The Web site is
maintained by Karl Auerbach. The roots of the Privacy Act actually came out of hearings during the mid-1960s, that were held by7
the House of Representatives Special Subcommittee on Invasion of Privacy. The concern coming out of those particular sessions were that automated data could be potentially used and misused in the
hands of the wrong individuals. Out of the Report of the Secretarys Advisory Committee on Automated Data Systems (commissioned by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and which had
a huge influence on the Privacy Act), came five points. But two of these points are germane to the discussion. These two were "There must be a way for an
individual to prevent information about him obtained for one purpose from being used or made available for other purposes without his consent" and "Any organization creating, maintaining, using or disseminating
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