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Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988

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A quick definition of Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988:

The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 is a law that allows government agencies to compare computerized records to check if someone is eligible for benefits or to recover payments on benefits. This means that they can use computers to see if someone is getting welfare payments while also having a job, or if both parents are claiming the same child on their tax returns after getting divorced. The law has some rules to protect people's privacy.

A more thorough explanation:

The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 is a law that allows government agencies to compare computerized records to determine eligibility for benefits or to recover payments on benefits. This act has certain limitations to protect privacy.

Computer matching is the process of comparing computer records in two separate systems to determine if the same record exists in both systems. For example, the government uses computer matching to:

Find people who are both employed and receiving welfare payments
Find instances where both divorced parents are claiming the same child on their income-tax returns

These examples illustrate how computer matching can help identify cases of fraud or abuse in government programs.

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WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:35

it sent a million times lol

jackfrost11770

9:35

WHAT HAPPENED

TheAdoptedOne

9:35

yeah i thought you were tweaking for a second

jackfrost11770

9:35

i'm so sorry everyone what the actual fuck this website hates me

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:35

Jack's just tweaking on LSD no biggie

jackfrost11770

9:36

to be fair this accurately represents my mental state

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

9:37

election day psychosis coming in hot (fordham)

jackfrost11770

9:38

usc pls pull through .....

jackfrost11770

9:38

i literally just need one A so i can relax before my ED decision

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:38

oh that's right USC might release

soapy

9:43

USC still has not looked at my app

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:43

when did you submit soapy?

soapy

9:44

10/16

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:44

to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review

soapy

9:44

Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:45

I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows

TheAdoptedOne

9:46

I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw

soapy

9:46

But do people get in without addresses going long?

WorthlessAttractiveZombie

9:46

it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with

soapy

9:46

Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that

TheAdoptedOne

9:54

Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)

ClassyPleasantHeron

10:01

The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.

soapy

10:06

Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?

1a2b3c4d26z

10:06

Man

1a2b3c4d26z

10:07

Walkin to the bus

1a2b3c4d26z

10:07

What a good day to get into law school

ClassyPleasantHeron

10:11

@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.

soapy

10:12

Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!

ClassyPleasantHeron

10:14

You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.

soapy

10:15

I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.

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