1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 23, 2022Federal Data Integration and Individual Rights: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection ActExecutive branch agencies face an ever-evolving policy, regulatory, and technological landscape when seeking to share or combine individual-level data acro
2、ss organizational or programmatic boundaries. Congress has deliberated and legislated the use of data integration for more than 50 years, aiming to promote the efficient administration of government programs while protecting individual privacy and maintaining the countrys trust in how the federal go
3、vernment uses information on individuals. The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 100-503; CMPPA) is a significant part of the statutory and policy landscape shaping how agencies can share and combine data sources. First passed in 1988, the CMPPA has been amended 10 times, most recent
4、ly in 2014. The CMPPA addresses how agencies may do specific types of computer matching. This term refers to using a computer for the comparison of information on individuals from two or more systems of records for either of two purposes: 1. To establish or verify eligibility for a federal benefit p