### Question
How is the term data mining defined?


### Answer
The term **data mining** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 2000ee* as the following:

> a program involving pattern-based queries, searches, or other analyses of 1 or more electronic databases, where—


(A) a department or agency of the Federal Government, or a non-Federal entity acting on behalf of the Federal Government, is conducting the queries, searches, or other analyses to discover or locate a predictive pattern or anomaly indicative of terrorist or criminal activity on the part of any individual or individuals

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2000ee*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 21E-PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES PROTECTION AND OVERSIGHT**

