Federal agency data mining reporting

42 U.S. Code § 2000ee-3. Federal agency data mining reporting

(a) Short title
This section may be cited as the “Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007”.
(b) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Data miningThe term “data mining” means a program involving pattern-based queries, searches, or other analyses of 1 or more electronic databases, where—
(A)
a department or agency of the Federal Government, or a non-Federal entity acting on behalf of the Federal Government, is conducting the queries, searches, or other analyses to discover or locate a predictive pattern or anomaly indicative of terrorist or criminal activity on the part of any individual or individuals;
(B)
the queries, searches, or other analyses are not subject-based and do not use personal identifiers of a specific individual, or inputs associated with a specific individual or group of individuals, to retrieve information from the database or databases; and
(C) the purpose of the queries, searches, or other analyses is not solely—
(i)
the detection of fraud, waste, or abuse in a Government agency or program; or
(ii)
the security of a Government computer system.
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