American society keeps vast records on its members. From birth
to death, the various or-ganizations through which a person passes
re-cord much about his achievements and failings, his strengths and
weaknesses. These files are often used to make crucial decisions
regarding an individual, and thus may have a fateful im-pact on his
life. Yet, despite the importance of record-keeping, there have
been few objective analyses of how this process is conducted.
On Record provides descriptive accounts of record-keeping in.a
variety of important organi-zations: schools and universities;
consumer credit agencies, general business organizations, and life
insurance companies; military and se-curity agencies; the Census
Bureau and the So-cial Security Administration; public welfare
agencies, juvenile courts, and mental hospitals. It also examines
the legal status of records.
The authors address questions such as: Who determines what
records are kept? Who has access to the records? To what extent do
the records follow an individual after he has left the setting in
which they were gathered? What are some of the dangers and pitfalls
in record-keeping? Throughout the authors show a con-cern for an
appropriate balance between the need for information about people
and protec-tion against undue invasions of privacy.
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