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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A16-1. Findings.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A16-1. Findings.

(a) The privacy of an individual can be directly affected by the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information.

(b) The increasing use of computers and sophisticated information technology, while essential to the efficient operations of government, has facilitated the transfer of information and increased the potential harm to individual privacy that can occur from any collection, maintenance, use or dissemination of personal information.

(c) The opportunities for an individual to secure employment, insurance and credit, and the right to due process and other legal protections, are endangered by the misuse of certain information systems.

(d) The right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right upheld by the Constitution of the United States and the State of California.

(e) In order to protect the privacy of individuals identified in information systems maintained by County agencies, it is necessary and proper for the Board of Supervisors to regulate the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information by such agencies.

(Ord. No. NS-300.288, § 1, 6-12-79)

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