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Code of Fair Information Practices
THere should be no secret government databases -
Privacty Act
the broadest privacy passed by the Congress, It fell short of its original ambitions, -
BIg Brother
George Orwell wrote the book Big Brother about a centralized communist police state controlled by the Big Brother. -
European Union
Implemented a data protection directive establishing a broad set of principles related to the protection of personal data -
9/11
Shortly afterwards the USA PATRIOT Act was passed in response to the terrorist attacks on the towers.