Patriot Act curbing legitimate data retention, ecommerce [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: Patriot Act curbing data retention
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:55:12 -0500
From: "Topher Wren" <topher () positivenetworks net>
To: <declan () well com>

Declan,

Here is an article from the New York Times today on another example of
the unintended consequences of the Patriot Act -- consequences that
really have nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with the
continuing erosion of personal liberty and the adoption of suboptimal
commercial practices designed to minimize everyone's exposure to the
long tendrils of this law. Let's hope other companies are as
conscientious as the businesspeople profiled in the article.

Link to the article (registration required):
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/technology/13ecom.html

Regards,

Topher Wren
(long time enjoyer and lurker of the list)
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