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In the early 1970's a panel of experts produced a report to Conrgess inlcuding the Code of Fair Information Practices.
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The privacy act was the most broad act that applied only to databases managed by the federal government.
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Personal Privacy was the victim of a centralized Communist police state controlled by Big Brother.
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The European Union implamented a Data Protection Directive establishing a broad set of principles related to the protection of personal data.
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Passed by U.S. Congress in response to terrist attacks.