| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:United_States_federal_law 
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                                | gptkbp:amendedBy | gptkb:Computer_Matching_and_Privacy_Protection_Act_of_1988 
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                                | gptkbp:appliesTo | federal agencies 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:1974_in_American_law Privacy law
 United States federal privacy legislation
 
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                                | gptkbp:codifiedIn | gptkb:5_U.S.C._§_552a 
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                                | gptkbp:compatibleWith | gptkb:United_States_Congress courts
 private companies
 state and local governments
 
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                                | gptkbp:dateEnacted | December 31, 1974 
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                                | gptkbp:enactedBy | gptkb:United_States_Congress 
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                                | gptkbp:prohibits | disclosure of personal information without consent 
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                                | gptkbp:provides | civil remedies for violations criminal penalties for certain violations
 
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                                | gptkbp:publicLawNumber | gptkb:Pub.L._93–579 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | to grant individuals access to records about themselves to establish a code of fair information practices
 to safeguard individual privacy from misuse of federal records
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Federal_Records_Act gptkb:E-Government_Act_of_2002
 gptkb:Freedom_of_Information_Act_(FOIA)
 
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                                | gptkbp:requires | federal agencies to publish notice of their record systems agencies to allow individuals to access and amend their records
 
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                                | gptkbp:signedBy | gptkb:Gerald_Ford 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | September 27, 1975 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Right_to_Privacy 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Privacy Act of 1974 (US) 
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