“EPIC has collaborated with numerous consumer and privacy organizations, legal scholars and technical experts to submit an amicus brief in Doe v. Chao, an important privacy case that will be heard by the Supreme Court later this year. This case concerns the wrongful disclosure of the Social Security Number by a federal agency and whether a person should be required to prove actual damages to obtain relief under the Privacy Act. Our view, and the view of most federal courts, is that it should only be necessary to show “adverse effects” to obtain the minimal $1,000 damages under the Act.”

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