NCJ Number
85485
Date Published
1970
Length
57 pages
Annotation
The report is intended as a reference on issues of security and privacy for persons who may be involved in Project SEARCH, an acronym for System for Electronic Analysis and Retrieval of Criminal Histories, or the development of a future system for an interstate exchange of criminal histories.
Abstract
Specific objectives of the report are (1) to construct a fundamental working document that enumerates potential security and privacy problems and presents solutions for the guidance of participants in Project SEARCH during the demonstration period, (2) to provide a dynamic framework of essential elements of security and privacy for any future national system which may develop as a result of Project SEARCH, and (3) to outline the kinds of security requirements and self-imposed disciplines that the participants have levied upon themselves and their colleagues in Project SEARCH. Recommended policies cover the following areas: data content, rules of access and data use, data dissemination, right of challenge and redress, and organization and administration. A chapter is devoted to a detailed discussion of many of the design, procedural, and organizational aspects of the system as they affect personal privacy, and general approaches are suggested to ensure that the issues raised are not overlooked in present and future plans. Another chapter considers the operating system itself -equipment, software, and operating procedures -- in describing controls and precautions that relate to privacy rights and the security of system data. The major appendix is the Code of Ethics, which has been approved for publication by the SEARCH Project Group.