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[FYI] "Datenschutz" in den USA
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- Subject: [FYI] "Datenschutz" in den USA
- From: Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:59:06 +0100
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:44:13 -0400
To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: Your driver license info for sale, "deadbeat dad" database
Reply-to: declan@well.com
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"deadbeat dads." Hmm. What about deadbeat moms too? --Declan]
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20435.html
Your Driver License, For Sale?
by Declan McCullagh
2:00 p.m. 25.Jun.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- Direct marketing firms
are trying to head off federal legislation
that would stop state governments from
selling drivers license information and
photos.
A transportation funding bill that the
Senate could vote on next week says
that state motor vehicle agencies may no
longer continue to offer their drivers
license databases for sale to the highest
bidder.
[...snip...]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/june99/privacy27.h
tm
Uncle Sam Has All Your Numbers
By Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 27, 1999; Page A1
As part of a new and aggressive effort to track down
parents
who owe
child support, the federal government has created a
vast
computerized
data-monitoring system that includes all individuals
with
new
jobs and the
names, addresses, Social Security numbers and wages
of
nearly
every
working adult in the United States.
Government agencies have long gathered personal
information
for specific
reasons, such as collecting taxes. But never before
have
federal officials
had the legal authority and technological ability to
locate
so many
Americans found to be delinquent parents or such
potential
to keep tabs
on Americans accused of nothing.
[...snip...]
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