Privacy Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 24, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S291-300)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Privacy Act of 2005 - Prohibits the sale and disclosure of personally identifiable information by a commercial entity to a non-affiliated third party unless prescribed procedures for notice and opportunity to restrict such disclosure have been followed. Grants the Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority.
Amends Federal criminal law to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of social security numbers (SSNs) without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual. Exempts certain public records containing SSNs from such prohibition, but extends it to the display, sale, or purchase of SSNs within specified public records.
Amends Title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of SSNs on: (1) checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) driver's licenses or motor vehicle registrations. Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring disclosure of an individual's SSN in order to obtain goods or services. Establishes criminal and civil monetary penalties for misuse of an SSN.
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to make conforming limitations upon financial industry sale and sharing of non-public personal financial information. Sets forth prohibitions against the selling or marketing of protected health information by specified entities.
Amends the Driver's Privacy Protection Act relating to proscriptions against release and use of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records to expand the definition of such personal information, and to include highly restricted personal information (such as an individual's photograph or any physical copy of a driver's license) among such proscriptions.
Empowers State Attorneys General to enforce this Act. Establishes Federal injunctive authority regarding any violation of this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S289-291)
- Jan 24, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S291-300)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S289–S291Text printed S291–S300 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA (text) | Jan 24, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47863 | The Privacy Act of 1974: Overview and Issues for Congress | Report | Dec 7, 2023 |
Also cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48423 | Access to Agency Data and Information Technology: Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Feb 12, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of such individual's personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Privacy Act of 2005
- Popular Titles
- Identity Theft bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bank records
- Business records
- Checks
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Cost effectiveness
- Counterfeiting
- Credit cards
- Credit unions
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Damages
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Treasury
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Driver licenses
- Education
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic mail systems
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee health benefits
- Employee rights
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal preemption
- Federal Trade Commission
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- History
- Identification devices
- Identity theft
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Injunctions
- Insurance companies
- Internet
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Law
- Legislation
- Life insurance
- Limitation of actions
- Marketing
- Medical records
- Misconduct in office
- Motor vehicle registration
- National Credit Union Administration
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Parties to actions
- Personnel records
- Photography
- Public records
- Restrictive trade practices
- Right of privacy
- Sales promotion
- Savings and loan associations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- State laws
- Student records
- Supplemental security income program
- Telephone
- Transportation and Public Works
- Veterans' benefits
- Vital statistics
- Welfare fraud
- Whistle blowing
- World War II
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.