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China’s State Council Issues Report on US Data Privacy
The Information Office of China’s State Council released an English-language report on human rights in the US today. Section III of the report, On Civil and Political Rights, deals with issues of surveillance and data privacy. Here are some excerpts:
From January 2005 to September 2007, Verizon provided data to federal authorities “on an emergency [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2008 under 4th Amendment, China, Data Mining, ID, Law, Main, Privacy, Tech, U.S., Watchlist.
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U.S. Watchlist Size Approaches 1 Million
A report released by the US Government Accounting Office this month, Terrorist Watch List Screening (pdf), indicates that the number of people suspected of having terrorist ties and who appear on the official terrorist watch list ballooned to 755,000 names as of May, 2007. Most of the people on this list are Americans. According to [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2007 under Data Mining, ID, Main, Privacy, U.S., Watchlist.
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