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## Guidelines

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*Integrity refers to the security or protection of information from unauthorized    access or revision. Integrity ensures that the information is not compromised    through corruption or falsification.*

The Department strives to protect the information it collects, uses, and disseminates  to the public from unauthorized disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.  Statutory and administrative guidelines to protect the integrity of Department  information include the following:

- Privacy Act;
- Freedom of Information Act;
- OMB Circulars A-123, A-127, and A-130;
- Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects;
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act;
-  Computer Security Act of 1987;
-  Government Information Security Reform Act; and
- National Education Statistics Act, as amended by the USA Patriot Act.

Under the Privacy Act, the Department safeguards personally identifiable information  that it gathers and maintains about individuals in a system of records. The  Department is also highly protective of administrative records and sample survey  data that include personally identifiable information, especially survey data  that are collected under pledges of confidentiality.

Under the Computer Security Act of 1987, the Department of Education has identified  all federal computer systems that contain sensitive information and has implemented  security plans to protect these systems, so as to protect sensitive information  against loss, misuse, disclosure or modification. In this context, sensitive  information includes data covered under the Privacy Act and information that  could affect the conduct of federal programs.

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