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Fair Information Practice was initially proposed and named [5] by the US Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems in a 1973 report, Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens, [6] issued in response to the growing use of automated data systems containing information about individuals.
An early attempt to create rules around the use of information in the U.S. was the fair information practice guidelines developed by the Department for Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) (later renamed Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)), by a Special Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems, under the chairmanship of ...
To protect the privacy and liberty rights of individuals, federal agencies must state "the authority (whether granted by statute, or by Executive order of the President) which authorizes the solicitation of the information and whether disclosure of such information is mandatory or voluntary" when requesting information.
Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. §§ 50-18-70 to 50-18-103 1959 [22] Citizens of the state/commonwealth Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified) Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 92F-1 to 92F-43 1975 [23] Any person Idaho Idaho Public Records Act Idaho Code §§ 74–101 to 74-126 1990 [24] Any person Illinois Illinois Freedom of Information Act
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was passed in 1978 to give consumers rights and the ability to maintain accurate information when dealing with debt collection. Under the act, any consumer information regarding debt is protected. [16]
The legislature passed the Official Information Act 1997 to provide basic data protection by limiting personal data collection and retention in the public sector. [92] It defines personal information in a national context in relation to state agencies. [95]
Legal Office lawyers provide legal analysis and opinions on laws, issues, proposed legislation, government contracts, employer-employee matters, the Open Meetings Act, the Public Records Act, and the Information Practices Act. The Legal Services Unit counsels the director in carrying out the consumer mandates of the Consumer Affairs Act.
The act itself has four major provisions that secure consumer privacy; firstly, the company has to provide notices that inform customers of its privacy practices, the company must give power to the client when deciding whether to share personal information to third parties, the company must continue to develop policies that focus on data ...