Privacy Act

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001489",
  "term": "Privacy Act",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A 1974 act that places restrictions on the collection, use, maintenance, and release of information about individuals. It gives individuals the right to see records about themselves, to obtain copies of their records, to have records corrected or amended with Census Bureau approval, and to have a statement of disagreement filed in their records if the Census Bureau does not approve the correction or amendment.",
  "see_also": [
    "Confidentiality",
    "Title 13 (U.S. Code)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/privacy-act/"
}