Privacy Laws
kuzi16
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Pizza ordering in 2012
Its From the ACLU (an organization that has questionable methods at times and i cant seem to get behind much), but it makes a good point.
the "Take action" link at the end of the movie takes you to page that makes this statement:
im not sure how over reactionary this is, but the concept of keeping my info private i can get behind.
for the record, i didnt sign the online petition associated with this link; ironically because i didnt want to give them my information.
Its From the ACLU (an organization that has questionable methods at times and i cant seem to get behind much), but it makes a good point.
the "Take action" link at the end of the movie takes you to page that makes this statement:
ACLU:We may not live in a society where government and private corporations collude to track your every move -- not yet anyways. But, we are fast approaching a surveillance society where every move, transaction and communication is recorded, compiled, and stored away to be examined and used by the authorities -- and even private corporations --whenever they want.
In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act, a federal effort to create a national identity card and a database to support it. It would force all states to connect their DMV databases to one interlinked system -- facilitating government tracking of Americans
im not sure how over reactionary this is, but the concept of keeping my info private i can get behind.
for the record, i didnt sign the online petition associated with this link; ironically because i didnt want to give them my information.
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Are they using them in public areas like airports looking for terrorists or places like lowes and such to id thieves?
...privacy groups say the proposal amounts to a "massive" and unexplained shift in government policy. In a statement Monday, American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Michael Macleod-Ball said the move could "allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website."