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Privacy Act of 1974
Coverage of Privacy Act of 1974 in the Nexus archive.
- Federal judge blocks Trump’s national citizenship database
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to create a national citizenship database, citing violations of the Social Security Act and Privacy Act of 1974. The League of Women Voters and other groups argued the database threatened voting rights and privacy, comparing it to George Orwell's 1984.