United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-04-04 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-609T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T P0b002ee1803933fc f:d06609t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T GAO-06-609T Data collection Information access Information security Privacy law Right of privacy Privacy policies Information resellers Personal information Policies and procedures Testimony A50778 Federal agencies collect and use personal information for various purposes from information resellers--companies that amass and sell data from many sources. GAO was asked to testify on its report being issued today on agency use of reseller data. For that report, GAO was asked to determine how the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration use personal data from resellers and to review the extent to which information resellers' policies and practices reflect the Fair Information Practices, a set of widely accepted principles for protecting the privacy and security of personal data. GAO also examined agencies' policies and practices for handling personal data from resellers to determine whether these reflect the Fair Information Practices. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T.pdf GAO-06-609T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-609T Testimony GAO-06-609T; Personal Information: Agencies and Resellers Vary in Providing Privacy Protections; Data collection Information access Information security Privacy law Right of privacy Privacy policies Information resellers Personal information Policies and procedures Volume 88 Page 1896 88 Stat. 1896 Volume 116 Page 2155 116 Stat. 2155 Public Law 93-579 Public Law 107-347