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"Nine months after announcing it would create a privacy advisory committee, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Wednesday finally appointed 20 private sector members to the panel, including D. Reed Freeman, Jr., the chief privacy officer for adware firm Claria, which has come under fire over privacy issues online.
The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will advise the DHS on issues that affect the privacy of personally identifiable information of U.S. citizens and visitors in DHS programs.
Formerly known as Gator, Claria is one of the largest adware distributors the world and has been sued by companies such as The New York Times, Dow Jones and L.L. Bean for its questionable advertising and consumer privacy practices. Claria has also objected to its adware being characterized as spyware..."
"Nine months after announcing it would create a privacy advisory committee, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Wednesday finally appointed 20 private sector members to the panel, including D. Reed Freeman, Jr., the chief privacy officer for adware firm Claria, which has come under fire over privacy issues online.
The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will advise the DHS on issues that affect the privacy of personally identifiable information of U.S. citizens and visitors in DHS programs.
Formerly known as Gator, Claria is one of the largest adware distributors the world and has been sued by companies such as The New York Times, Dow Jones and L.L. Bean for its questionable advertising and consumer privacy practices. Claria has also objected to its adware being characterized as spyware..."
Wow! They should have hired that Bonzi Buddy monkey instead. Probably would have done a better job
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