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1 Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974 [i] (2010)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .............................................1
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY ....................................... 1
ROLE OF THE PRIVACY PROTECTION STUDY COMMISSION ..... 1
ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET .......... 2
COMPUTER MATCHING ....................................        3
POLICY OBJECTIVES ......................................... 4
DEFINITIONS ................................................ 4
A .  A gency ...............................................  4
B .  Individual.............................................  11
C. Maintain ............................................. 14
D. Record.............................................. 15
E. System of Records ..................................... 23
1. Disclosure: Subsection (b) .......................... 29
2. Access and Amendment: Subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2) .... 37
3. Other Aspects .................................... 39
CONDITIONS OF DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES ............... 42
A. The No Disclosure Without Consent Rule .................. 42
B. Twelve Exceptions to the No Disclosure Without Consent
Rule................................................ 53
1. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(1) (need to know within agency) ...... 53
2. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(2) (required FOIA disclosures) ........ 60
3. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(3) (routine uses) .................. 65
4. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(4) (Bureau of the Census)............ 78
5. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(5) (statistical research) ............. 78
6. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(6) (National Archives) .............. 78
7. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(7) (law enforcement request) ......... 79
8. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(8) (health or safety of an individual) .... 80
9. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(9) (Congress) .................... 80
10. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(10) (Government Accountability Office). 81
11. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(11) (court order).................. 81
12. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(12) (Debt Collection Act)............ 89
ACCOUNTING OF CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.         ................... 90
INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT OF ACCESS.       .......................... 92
INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT OF AMENDMENT...................... 101

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