Reading Room Document
Applicability of the Privacy Act to the White House
The Privacy Act does not apply to the White House Office, which is also known as the Office of the President. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19371/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit