Fattahi v. Bureau of of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, No. CIV.A.01-1094-A (E.D.Va.) (186 F.Supp.2d 656) (February 26, 2002) (Judge Thomas Selby III Ellis)
Loaded on April 1, 2002
published in Punch and Jurists
April 08, 2002
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Privacy Act/Rights.
This case is moted for its discussion of the Privacy Act, and particularly how two of the 13 exceptions to that Act (the "consent" and "routine use" exceptions) have rendered that statute virtually futile and useless, at least in certain cases.
In theory, the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. …
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