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Why is the Privacy Act called the Privacy Act?
<p>The American Privacy Act allows subjects to access copies of records held on them by US government agencies.</p>
<p>But what does it have to do with privacy?</p>

<p><strong>what does it have to do with privacy?</strong></p>
<p>This can be explained by reference to the full title of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Privacy Act 1974</a> (<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974" rel="nofollow noreferrer">as amended</a>):</p>
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<p>An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a, <strong>to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records</strong>, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them which are maintained by Federal agencies, <strong>to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission</strong>, and for other purposes. (<em>my emboldenment</em>)</p>
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