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One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:10:03 -0700
________________________________________ From: lynn [lynn () ecgincc com] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:03 AM To: David Farber Subject: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/the-privacy-risk-from-the-courts/index.html?partner=MOREOVERNEWS&ei=5040 One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life By Saul Hansell online privacy Whenever questions are raised about privacy, big online companies talk about how benign their plans are for using data about their customers: Much data is anonymous, they say, and even the information that is linked to individuals is only meant to offer users a more personal experience tailored to their interests. They never talk about subpoenas. snip All this raises questions that I think Internet companies, privacy regulators and Congress would be wise to take stock of: * How much data should be retained by Internet companies and for how long? * What should Internet users be told about what sort of information could be disclosed about them in response to a legal action or government request? * Should there be new laws that define more clearly what the standards are for disclosing online surfing and searching activity? There is certainly a history of laws that create special privacy regimes for various domains, such as financial and medical records. Congress even protected records about what movies you rent and television channels you watch. Aren’t the records of where you surf, and for that matter, the videos you choose to upload to YouTube, worth at least as much protection? ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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