Opinion No.

The Honorable Ruth Whitaker State Senator Post Office Box 349 Cedarville, Arkansas 72932-0349

Dear Senator Whitaker:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion of the following questions:

1. Does the Arkansas Code Annotated incorporate or require compliance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, as amended?

2. What Arkansas Code protects the privacy rights of citizens of Arkansas from the disclosure of social security numbers and birth dates to third parties who are not listed as one of the "exemptions" in the Privacy Act?

3. May a city administrator release…