# US online privacy law

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-online-privacy-law/134505>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-online-privacy-law/134505 "2002-10-30T06:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![shellity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@shellity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellity)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-online-privacy-law/134505/1 "2002-10-30T06:00:00Z")

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Is there Privacy legislation in the US regarding the kind of personal information that businesses can collect and the manner in which they collect and/or distribute it? I’d like to compare it with Aussie legislation.

Where might I be able to find details of such legislation?

Ta,  
Shell

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-online-privacy-law/134505/2 "2002-11-01T02:29:38Z")

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[http://www.rbs2.com/privacy.htm](http://www.rbs2.com/privacy.htm)

[http://www.gilc.org/privacy/survey/](http://www.gilc.org/privacy/survey/)

[http://www.privacyrights.org/](http://www.privacyrights.org/)

Hope these help. I found it to be interesting reading. And a little scary. Is “Big Brother” the gov or corps?