IP: "SECURE" U.S. SITE WASN'T VERY: Edupage, July 9, 2001

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> "SECURE" U.S. SITE WASN'T VERY
> The U.S. Commerce Department has plugged a security leak in a
> "Safe Harbor" Web site, but the incident calls the department's
> security measures into question. The Web site was established to
> help U.S. companies comply with the European Union's data
> privacy directive. The leak allowed casual visitors to access
> and modify sensitive information about American companies,
> including revenues, employee numbers, and the European nations
> that they do business with. Back in April, Commerce Secretary
> Don Evans declared he would create a privacy advisor position
> to rectify such problems. Said Privacilla.org editor Jim Harper,
> "When it comes to information management, government is the gang
> that couldn't shoot straight,"
> (Wired News, 6 July 2001)



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