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Privacy Act

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-022191

To amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them which are maintained by Federal agencies, to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission, and for other purposes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-022191
FieldEnvironment
AbbreviationPA
ReferencesP.L. 93-579
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022191",
  "term": "Privacy Act",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "To amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them which are maintained by Federal agencies, to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission, and for other purposes.",
  "abbreviation": "PA",
  "references": [
    "P.L. 93-579"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/privacy-act/"
}

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