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Introduced in the Senate as S. 3418 by Samuel Ervin Jr. (D–NC) on May 1, 1974; Committee consideration by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Passed the Senate on November 21, 1974 ()
Fair Information Practice was initially proposed and named [5] by the US Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems in a 1973 report, Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens, [6] issued in response to the growing use of automated data systems containing information about individuals.
The right of access, also referred to as right to access and (data) subject access, is one of the most fundamental rights in data protection laws around the world. For instance, the United States, Singapore, Brazil, and countries in Europe have all developed laws that regulate access to personal data as privacy protection.
The First Amendment states the government cannot violate the individual's right to " freedom of speech, or of the press". [3] In the past, this amendment primarily served as a legal justification for infringement on an individual's right to privacy; as a result, the government was unable to clearly outline a protective scope of the right to speech versus the right to privacy.
The early years in the development of privacy rights began with English common law, protecting "only the physical interference of life and property". [5] The Castle doctrine analogizes a person's home to their castle – a site that is private and should not be accessible without permission of the owner.
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There has also been disagreement about enforcement, including whether users could use the laws as a basis to sue companies directly for privacy violations. [12] Senator Cantwell, one of the lawmakers behind the APRA, opposed the ADPPA on the basis of its enforcement.
Pages in category "United States federal privacy legislation" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .