In 1990. the United States General Accounting Office reported that there were conservatively 910 major federal data banks with billions of individual records. Information that is often open to other governmental agencies and corporations. or sold to commercial data banks that trade information about you. your family. your home. your spending habits. and so on. What if the data is inaccurate or no longer relevant? Todays public debates on health care reform. immigration. and even gun control highlight the growing public concern regarding privacy. The United States has long been the leader in the development of privacy policy. The framers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights included an implied basic right to privacy.
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