Justsecurity iconJustsecuritySep 17, 2026

Reinvention Blueprint No. 3: To Unmake the Surveillance State, Rethink the Privacy Act

Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.

Reinvention Blueprint No. 3: To Unmake the Surveillance State, Rethink the Privacy Act

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Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.

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Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes.

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