Federal Privacy

Other federal privacy regulations

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)
Gives parents and students over 18 access to the student's school records.

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (1975)
Outlaws discrimination in granting credit due to age, gender, marital status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or receipt of public assistance.

Tax Reform Act (1976)
Limits disclosure of tax information and requires that taxpayers be notified when their tax records are summoned from record keepers.

Rights to Financial Privacy Act (1978)
Sets conditions under which federal investigators can access an individual's bank account records.

Electronic Fund Transfer Act (1978)
Requires banks that provide EFT services to disclose the circumstances under which account information can be disclosed to third parties.

Privacy Protection Act (1980)
Protects the press and others that disseminate information to the public from unlawful government searches and seizure of their work product and other materials.

Cable Communications Policy Act (1984)
Protects the privacy of cable television subscriber records.

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (1986)
Protects the privacy of electronic communications and transactional data such as telephone records.

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (1988)
Protects individual privacy in connection with government benefit programs in which an individual's records at one government agency are compared against similar records at other agencies.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (1991)
Protects consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls, and restricts the timing of calls and the use of auto-dialers in telemarketing.