In the united states, the fundamental law that specifies what kinds of information the government can keep about its citizens and the rights of citizens to know what's kept about them is the ____.
a. privacy act of 1974
It protects your privacy by forbidding the government from using your data or disclosing it to others without your consent. If data is to be passed around by agencies then they need your consent or else they can't do it legally. It also enables you to ask for change in the data collected.
