The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 ✔✔Establishes a code of information-handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that
is maintained in systems of
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The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 ✔✔Establishes a code of information-handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that
is maintained in systems of records by U.S. federal agencies. A system of records is a group of
records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the
individual or by some identifier assigned to the individual.
The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 ✔✔Protects journalists from being required to turn over to
law enforcement any work product and documentary materials, including sources, before it is
disseminated to the public. Journalists who most need the protection of the PPA are those who are
working on stories that are highly controversial or about criminal acts because the information
gathered may also be useful to law enforcement.
The Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ✔✔A federal wiretap law for
traditional wired telephony. It was expanded to include wireless, voice over packet, and other
forms of electronic communications, including signaling traffic and metadata.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 ✔✔Governs the privacy and disclosure,
access, and interception of content and traffic data related to electronic communications.
The Computer Security Act of 1987 ✔✔Was passed to improve the security and privacy of
sensitive information in federal computer systems. The law requires the establishment of minimum
acceptable security practices, creation of computer security plans, and training of system users or
owners of facilities that house sensitive informati
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