United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare Fair Information Practice Principles (1973), The
A code of fair information practices that contains five principles: >>There must be no personal data record keeping systems whose very existence is secret. >There must be a way for an individual to find out what information about him (or her) is in a record and how it is used. >There must be a way for an individual to prevent information about him (or her) that was obtained for one purpose from being used or made available for other purposes without his (or her) consent. >There must be a way for an individual to correct or amend a record of identifiable information about him (or her). >Any organization creating, maintaining, using or disseminating records of identifiable personal data must assure the reliability of the data for their intended use and must take precautions to prevent misuse of the data.
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