The Information Practices Act (IPA) of 1977 established robust privacy protections in California, responding to concerns heightened by events like the Watergate scandal. As technology has evolved, so have challenges to individual privacy, particularly related to local and county data collection. Currently, there are inconsistencies in data protection across various government entities, which increases the risk to privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) highlights the urgency of updating the IPA to enhance privacy safeguards and ensure citizens have control over their personal information in a digital era.
The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.
The IPA puts a check on government use of personal information by establishing guardrails for how state agencies maintain, collect, and disseminate data.
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