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Story: Privacy watchdog to push data safeguards
Developing technology to protect information
What we need is legislation to protect information and to prosecute those data mining corporations such as Lockheed Martin that collate and distribute the information for a price.
We also need to oppose legislation such as the US PATRIOT Act as it applies wherever a US corporation has access to information and has it stored, whether in the US or elsewhere. For instance, a government agency using Lockheed Martin or Accenture or another firm with a US presence, will be required to disclose the information demanded by a US Agency while simultaneously being prohibited from informing the subject of such disclosure of information that their personal privacy has been compromised.
We need to wake up to the police state that is supported by information techology and our complacency.
ps. I've likey just earned myself a one-way ticket to Syria, accommodations included...
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