The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced it has amended the system of records notices under the Privacy Act of 1974. The amendments will give the FTC the ability to disclose records to other agencies following a data breach. The changes come after the Office of Management and Budget found model language produced by the Department of Justice in a 2007 update to the law was too narrow, as agencies need the authority to disclose information on a wider scale. “The final amendments more specifically address that harm to individuals may justify a routine use disclosure, and add a second routine use to allow the FTC to disclose information to another federal agency when it is reasonably needed to respond to a breach,” the announcement states.
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