Federal Law as a Source of Privacy Law
Federal laws are the laws that a country’s federal government creates.
- No comprehensive data privacy law exists in the United States
- federal laws that address information privacy are industry-based
- put limits on the use of personal information based on the nature of the underlying data
Important
The U.S. Code, the official record of U.S. laws, outlines the laws of the United States.
- is published every 6 years
- available online at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscode