Paul W. Swansen: PrivacyArticles and stuff dealing w/ Privacy issues(Untitled)- December 3, 2002 Privacy News from Wired News - Students Can't Get No Privacy. Thanks to a new federal education law, high schools across the country are required to hand over students' names, addresses and phone numbers to military recruiters. ... Students and parents who oppose the law can keep their information from being turned over to the military, but they must sign and return an "opt-out" form. Privacy Digesthttp://radio.weblogs.com/0112897/categories/privacy/2002/12/03.html#a614 (Untitled)- December 3, 2002 Political News from Wired News - Total Info System Totally Touchy. The U.S. government wants to create a massive database of Americans' personal information to help root out terrorists. Privacy advocates cry foul, and some in the industry aren't even sure it's technologically feasible. ... <IMG SRC="http:a1204.g.akamai.net71204140102010717images.barnesandnoble.comimages47000004700123.gif" BORDER="0" ALIGN="right" ALT="Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century" Simson...http://radio.weblogs.com/0112897/categories/privacy/2002/12/03.html#a613 (Untitled)- December 3, 2002 Washington Post - free registration required At Justice, Freedom Not to Release Information. One 36-year-old U.S. law can be broken, it seems. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, who is sworn to enforce all laws, has told federal employees that they can bend -- perhaps even break -- one law, and he will even defend their actions in court. That law is known as the Freedom of Information Act. Last October, the Justice Department cited the Sept. 11 attacks in a memo to federal FOIA officers...http://radio.weblogs.com/0112897/categories/privacy/2002/12/03.html#a610 |