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It's time to get wiki with The Center for Democracy and Technology and help effect federal privacy policy for the next 35 years.
CDT unveiled an in-depth proposal to update the federal Privacy Act and related federal privacy policy to address the challenges of the digital age. The announcement coincided with the release of the federal Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board’s own report recommending changes to government privacy rules.Consider contributing your edits to the E-Privacy Act Amendments Wiki.
CDT is also encouraging the public’s participation in helping craft privacy legislation via an interactive "wiki." The “wiki” allows anyone to read any part of the bill, change the language, provide feedback or simply open a discussion on any provision of the bill. CDT will edit and moderate this open process and, if appropriate, incorporate suggestions in the final bill it submits to Congress.
specifically Title II, Amendments to the Privacy Act of 1974.
Regarding commercial use of online private information:
Commercial information can and should play a key role in important government functions, including law enforcement and national security investigations. However, agencies relying on that data should have clear guidelines for its use ensure the information is reliable for the government purpose for which it is proposed to be used.
Considering the harms that can occur when the government makes decisions about individuals based on inaccurate or irrelevant data, it is imperative that the federal government develop better and more consistent rules for use of commercial data, regardless of whether the data is stored on government computers or stored on commercial systems.
Click open the embedded links to read the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board report entitled Toward A 21st Century Framework for Federal Government Privacy Policy and the June 2008 GAO report issued last year entitled Privacy: Congress Should Consider Alternatives for Strengthening Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.
The Privacy Act has not been rewritten since 1974.
Read more about that oversight has effected your personal privacy here.
