A bill to protect the individual's right to privacy by prohibiting the sale or distribution of certain information.

Summary

Provides that whoever, through interstae or foreign commerce or the mails, knowingly sells or distributes, or offers or attempts to sell or distribute a list of names or addresses, or names and addresses, of individuals; information concerning the personal or financial condition or activities of an individual; or information concerning the personal or real property of an individual; without the consent of any individual to whom such list or information relates, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Enumerates the circumstances under which this Act shall not apply, including: (1) federally authorized distributions; (2) information used only for law enforcement or national security; and (3) telephone directories, in specified instances. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1801)

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 March 1974

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.