04-14-2003, 11:45 AM
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Too lazy to set a custom title
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Punta Cana, DR
Posts: 29,587
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Originally posted by theking
I, nor anyone that I personally know, have lost any freedom that I am aware of.
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How about the privacy freedom:
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Privacy experts are dismayed by the U.S. government's use of such commercial data. They say it circumvents the spirit of the 1974 Privacy Act, which prohibits routine data collection on ordinary Americans.
"The Privacy Act passed because of fears in the 1960s of a federal data center. That data center was created after all, but it's in private hands," said Chris Hoofnagle of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
After the Sept. 11 debacle, law enforcers and government agencies clamored for data from commercial data merchants. The new Transportation Security Agency used ChoicePoint to screen some 300,000 job applicants, airport workers and pilots.
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http://sympatico.globeandmail.com/se...ico-technology
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For years now, Americans who happen to use a credit card or order a magazine have left a financial identity trail that has been catalogued by database companies like ChoicePoint Inc., then resold to the U.S. government.
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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