ection of data; accurate, complete, and up-to-date information to ensure the quality of personal data; and rules prohibiting the disclosure of personal data.
The Privacy Protection Study Commission identified five societal values that must be considered in developing protections for privacy in the computer age: 1) first amendment interests; 2) freedom of information interests; 3) law enforcement; 4) costs; and 5) the federal-state relationship. Freedman notes that the right of privacy being discussed is not merely the absences of disclosures or an absolute right in an organized society: "Privacy must always be balanced against other needs of society" (p. 1371).
The constitutional recognition cited by the Privacy Protection Study Commission has not always received explicit recognition and is found only in the language of the amendments, but the Supreme Court recognized that the right of personal privacy does exist in some instances under the first amendment, the ninth amendment, and the due process clauses of the fifth and f
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