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Standards of Ethical Professional
Practice Regarding Individuals' Rights of Privacy
(Adopted by DPMA Executive Council March, 1974)
The members of the Data Processing Management Association recognize their responsibility to:
1 . Continuously strive to honor the rights to privacy of all individuals by using the information provided for their use only in the manner for which it was obtained and intended;
2. Uphold the responsibility of trust, implicit with their professional status, by maintaining the confidentiality of data entrusted to their care;
3. Avoid using information of a confidential nature to further their own personal interests;
4. Attempt to remove any misleading or Inaccurate data associated with any individual, immediately upon learning that its current status is in error.

