Download This PaperFAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES: A Basic History
62 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2025 Last revised: 28 Jul 2025
Date Written: July 28, 2025
Abstract
This report offers a history of Fair Information Practices (FIPs) with a focus-but not an exclusive one-on activities in the United States. FIPs are a set of internationally recognized practices for addressing the privacy of information about individuals. FIPs are important because they provide the underlying policy for many national laws addressing privacy and data protection matters. The international policy convergence around FIPs as core elements for information privacy has remained in place since the late 1970s.
Keywords: Privacy, Data Protection, Fair Information Practices
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Gellman, Robert, FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES: A Basic History (July 28, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5348107 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5348107
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