In the area of individual privacy, state governments have shown the greatest interest in enacting

a. Freedom of Information laws.
b. fair credit-reporting acts.
c. privacy acts.
d. sunshine laws.


ANS: B

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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