DoD News: Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee Statement Received
My Dad delivered his committee's privacy recommendations on data mining to Sec. Rumsfeld today.
If you don't have time to read the whole report, take a close look at its executive summary. The committee recommends an extensive framework of privacy safeguards both within and outside the Dept. of Defense when using data mining on U.S. persons.
At the same time, the GAO released a report requested by Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Democrat of Hawaii. Its key info is in a chart identifying nearly 200 data mining govt programs that use our personally identifiable information. Akaka said: "I am disturbed by the high number of data-mining activities in the federal government involving personal information. The government collects and uses Americans' personal information and shares it with other agencies to an astonishing degree, raising serious privacy concerns." Robert Pear, NYT reprinted by CNet
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