Big Brother is watching you - and documenting

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Big Brother is watching you - and documenting
>
> By Yuval Dror
>
> eBay, ever anxious to up profits, bends over backward to provide data
> to law enforcement officials
>
> "I don't know another Web site that has a privacy policy as flexible
> as eBay's," says Joseph Sullivan. A little bit later, Sullivan
> explains what he means by the term "flexible." Sullivan is director
> of the "law enforcement and compliance" department at eBay.com, the
> largest retailer in the world.
>
> Sullivan was speaking to senior representatives of numerous
> law-enforcement agencies in the United States on the occasion of
> "Cyber Crime 2003," a conference that was held last week in
> Connecticut. His lecture was closed to reporters, and for good
> reason. Haaretz has obtained a recording of the lecture, in which
> Sullivan tells the audience that eBay is willing to hand over
> everything it knows about visitors to its Web site that might be of
> interest to an investigator. All they have to do is ask. "There's no
> need for a court order," Sullivan said, and related how the company
> has half a dozen investigators under contract, who scrutinize
> "suspicious users" and "suspicious behavior." The spirit of
> cooperation is a function of the patriotism that has surged in the
> wake of September 11.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=264863

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