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The Privacy Act of 1974: An Overview.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Beverage, James |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Abstract | Almost fifty years ago, Justice Brandeis recognized the threat posed by the growing technological capacity of society and its govern19742 is to provide protection from this threat. Prior to adoption of the Act, there existed no effective means of protecting this vital individual interest; the executive branch had no general policy governing data collection and use,3 and judicial action by its nature tended to be more remedial than preventive. Individuals lacked any meaningful capacity to protect themselves and no responsibility for that protection lay in any institution. |
| Starting Page | 301 |
| Ending Page | 329 |
| Page Count | 29 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.2307/1371980 |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2574&context=dlj |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.2307/1371980 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
