Citation[]
General Accounting Office, Privacy: Congress Should Consider Alternatives for Strengthening Protection of Personally Identifiable Information (GAO-08-795T) (June 18, 2008) (full-text).
Overview[]
This report concerns the sufficiency of privacy protections afforded by existing laws and guidance. To do this, the GAO analyzed privacy laws and guidance, compared them with the Fair information practices, and obtained perspectives from federal agencies as well as an expert forum
The report identifies alternatives that Congress should consider, including revising the scope of privacy laws to cover all personal information, requiring that the use of such information be limited to a specific purpose, and revising the structure and publication of privacy notices.
OMB commented that Congress should consider these alternatives in the broader context of existing privacy and related statutes.