Newbury Port News: Trahan seeks overhaul of federal privacy law

John Davisson, director of Litigation at the nonpartisan Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the Privacy Act has “stood as a bulwark against the mishandling and political weaponization of personal information held by federal agencies” for more than 50 years but hasn’t been updated to reflect vast technological advances since its passage. 

“But decades of technological change and the current administration’s assault on privacy underscore the urgent need to strengthen those defenses,” Davisson said. 

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