United States. Sectoral privacy. Act
Computer Matching ActComputer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (amending 5 U.S.C. § 552a)
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to add protections for people whose records are used in automated matching programmes. Agencies must have written matching agreements (valid for 18 months by default) and Data Integrity Boards, and the subject may contest information before a federal benefit is denied, suspended or terminated.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Specific to federal agency data matching.
- SaaS relevance
Limited; applies to federal agencies and their contractors.
§2Obligations
- Breach notification
- None
- DPO
- No
- Cross-border transfers
- None
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Pub. L. 100-503 signed 18 Oct 1988 (102 Stat. 2507). CRS reports it has been amended 10 times, most recently in 2014.
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text congress.gov
- Authority
- Federal agencies' Data Integrity Boards; Office of Management and Budget
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- United States
- Also applies in
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- US Virgin Islands
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
§6Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
High confidence.
Enactment and effective-date text read in the Statutes at Large PDF on congress.gov (102 Stat. 2507); the 18-month agreement limit also appears there. In force date: section 10 of Pub. L. 100-503 says the amendments take effect 9 months after enactment (18 Oct 1988), except sections 3(b), 6, 7 and 8, which took effect on enactment; 9 months after is 18 Jul 1989 (calculated). Read in the Statutes at Large PDF on congress.gov.